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LEWIS  E.  AUBURY 

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BULLETIN  No.  60. 


Mineral  Productions,  County  Maps 


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Mining  Laws  of  California 


ISSUED  BY  THE 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  MINING  BUREAU,  FERRY  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


LLWI5  L.  AUBURY,      -      -      5tate  Mineralogist 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


CALIFORNIA  MIXES  AND  MINERALS..- 3 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  MINING  BUREAU.. 5-9 

MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  IN  1909 10-13 

GOLD  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  FROM  1848  TO  1909 14 

PETROLEUM  PRODUCTION  OF  CALIFORNIA  1875-1909 15 

BANNER  COUNTIES  OF  THE  STATE , 16 

QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  IN  1909-  17-25 

COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUES  IN  1909 26-34 

MINERAL  PRODUCTS  BY  COUNTIES— 1900-190!! 35-58 

CORPORATION  AND  MINING"LAWS 59 

FORMATION  OF  MINING  CORPORATIONS 69-61 

CORPORATION  TAX  LAWS 61-63 

PROTECTION  TO  STOCKHOLDERS 64 

RELATING  TO  FOREIGN  CORPORATIONS 65 

TO  PREVENT  WASTING  OF  NATURAL  GAS 66 

PROTECTION  OF  OIL  AND  GAS  STRATA 66-67 

USE  OF  CALIFORNIA  MATERIALS - (18 

EXTRACTION  OF  MINERALS  FROM  WATER 68 

LANDS  UNCOVERED  BY  RECESSION  OF  WATER 69 


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REGULATING  APPROPRIATION  OF  WATER... 70-75 

ACQUISITION  OF  WATER  RIGHTS 75 

WITHDRAWING  OF  LANDS 76-78 

CONCERNING  WORKS  TO  DIVERT  WATER... 78 

CONSERVATION  COMMISSION  OF  CALIFORNIA 79-80 

MANAGEMENT  OF  FOREST  LANDS 80-81 

CLASSIFICATION  OF  ESTATES 82 

RIGHT  OF  EMINENT  DOMAIN 82-83 

TRIALS  INVOLVING  MINING  CLAIMS ..      84 

LOCATION  OF  MINING  CLAIMS - 84-87 

SALE  OF  MINING  CLAIMS 87-88 

PROVIDING  FOR  LICENSE  TAX  ON  CORPORATIONS 88-89 

REGULATION'S  REGARDING  EXPLOSIVES 89-92 

HOURS  OF  EMPLOYMENT  IN  MINES 92 

MINE  BELL  SIGNALS .--.        93 

STATISTICS  CONCERNING  COUNTIES -94 

MAPS 95-115 

PUBLICATIONS  OF  BUREAU Cover 


CALIFORNIA  MINES  AND  MINERALS. 

i-ompiled  from  Original  Records  of  tlio  State  Mining  Bureau. 

NEW  conditions  are  continually  arising  in  the  mining  industry  of  California.  Petroleum  has  risen  to  first  place  in 
the  value  of  individual  output.  Gold,  through  the  agency  of  the  gold  dredging  industry,  largely,  is  making  a  better 
showing,  with  fine  prospects  of  an  increase  for  a  long  period  to  come.  Copper  is  more  and  more  important  as  an 
annual  mineral  product  of  this  State. 

The  California  State  Mining  Bureau  makes  a  study  of  the  production  of  the  leading  minerals,  among  which  are 
included  some  of  the  structural  materials.  In  this  pamphlet  a  concise  review  is  made,  covering  in  detail  the  output  of 
tlie  year  1909,  and  also  affording  a  comparative  review  for  each  county  for  1909  and  also  for  a  period  of  ten  years. 

The  fact  is  made  obvious  that  there  is  a  general  increase  in  production  all  along  the  line.  The  grand  totals  for  each 
of  the  years  summarized  in  this  publication  attest  to  that  satisfactorily. 

There  are  some  fifty  mineral  substances  that  are  produced  commercially  in  quantities  that  are  accounted  for  every 
year.  The  mining  area  is  continually  growing  wider,  and  the  statistics  relating  to  petroleum,  gold,  copper  and  manj-  other 
minerals  concisely  point  that  out  to  students  of  the  mineral  progre.ss  of  this  State.  The  total  output  for  twenty-three  years 
o1'  California  minerals  as  returned  by  producers  and  from  other  sources  that  are  reliable  is  $757,508,849. 

Mining  operations  are  conducted  under  favorable  conditions,  climatic  and  others.  In  the  past  year  a  new  transcon- 
tinental railway  has  begun  active  operations;  and  northern  counties  that  had  not  enjoyed  adequate  transportation 
facilities  hitherto  are  now  on  the  way  to  develop  more  rapidly,  promising  even  better  results  for  the  State  at  large.  There 
are  excellent  means  in  existence  in  nearly  all  portions  of  California  that  are  required  to  promote  mining.  There  are 
many  chances  to  mine  profitably  in  this  State.  Promising  claims  that  have  not  been  thoroughly  worked  because  of  a  lack 
of  capital  can  be  secured. 

The  past  year  has  been  a  busy  one  in  the  State  Mining  Bureau.  Bulletins  giving  all  information  required  regarding 
petroleum  production  and  petroleum  fields  in  the  State,  and  reviewing  the  gold  dredging  industry,  have  been  prepai-ed 
bv  skilled  assistants  and  have  been  added  to  an  already  large  list  of  timely  publications.  The  State  Mining  Bureau,  pre- 
sided over  by  the  State  Mineralogist,  maintains  a  corps  of  field  assistants, /in  office  force,  a  fine  technical  library,  a  labora- 
tory for  the  determination  of  minerals,  and  a  large  and  suitably  arranged  Museum  containing  many  mineral  specimens. 

The  stated  annual  publications  of  the  Bureau  for  1909  include  one  showing  the  mineral  output  by  counties,  another 
giving  the  production  by  grand  totals  for  each  of  a  long  period  of  years;  and  a  series  of  comprehensive  pamphlets,  of 
which  this  is  one. 


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STATE  MINING  BUREAU. 
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CALIFORNIA  STATE   MINING  BUREAU. 


This  institution  is  the  chief  source  of  reliable  information  about  the  mineral  resources  and  mining  industries  of 
California. 

It  is  encouraged  in  its  work  by  the  fact  that  its  publications  have  been  in  such  demand  that  large  editions  are  soon 
exhausted.     In  fact,  copies  of  them  now  command  high  prices  in  the  market. 

The  publications,  as  soon  as  issued,  tind  their  way  to  the  scientific,  public,  and  private  libraries  of  all  countries. 

STATE  MINERALOGIST. 

The  California  State  Mining  Bureau  is  under  the  supervision  of  a  State  Mineralogist  and  Board  of  Trustees. 

It  is  supported  by  legislative  appropriations,  and  in  some  degree  performs  work  similar  to  that  of  the  geological 

surveys  of  other  states,  but  its  purposes  and  functions  are  mainly  practical,  the  scientific  work  being  clearly  subordinate 

to  the  economic  phases  of  the  mineral  field,  as  shown  by  the  organic  law  governing  the  Bureau,  which  is  as  follows : 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  State  Mineralosist  to  make,  facilitate,  and  encourage  special  studies  of  the  mineral  resources  and 
mineral  industries  of  the  State.  It  shall  be  his  duty :  To  collect  statistics  concerning  the  occurrence  of  the  economically  important  minerals 
and  the  methods  pursued  in  making  their  valuable  constituents  available  for  commercial  use:  to  make  a  collection  of  typical  geological  and  min- 
eralogical  specimens,  especially  those  of  economic  or  commercial  importance,  such  collection  constituting  the  Museum  of  the  State  Mining  Bureau  : 
to  provide  a  library  of  books,  reports  and  drawings,  bearing  upon  the  mineral  industries,  the  sciences  of  mineralogy  and  geology  and  the  arts  of 
mining  and  metallurgy,  such  library  constituting  the  Library  of  the  State  Mining  Bureau;  to  make  a  collection  of  models,  drawings  and 
descriptions  of  the  mechanical  appliances  used  in  mining  and  metallurgical  processes :  to  preserve  and  so  maintain  such  collections  and  library 
as  to  make  them  available  for  reference  and  examination,  and  open  to  public  inspection  at  reasonable  hours :  to  maintain,  in  effect,  a  bureau  of 
information  concerning  the  mineral  industries  of  this  State,  to  consist  of  such  collections  and  library,  and  to  arrange,  classify,  catalogue,  and 
inde.x  the  data  therein  contained,  in  a  manner  to  make  the  information  available  to  those  desiring  it,  and  to  provide  a  custodian  specially 
qualified  to  promote  this  purpose  ;  to  make  a  biennial  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Mining  Bureau,  setting  forth  the  important  results 
of  his  work,  and  to  issue  from  time  to  time  such  bulletins  as  he  may  deem  advisable  concerning  the  statistics  and  technology  of  the  mineral 
industries  of  this  State. 


THE  BULLETINS. 

The  field  covered  by  the  books  issued  under  this  title  is  shown  in  the  list  of  publications.  Some  bulletins  deal  with 
only  one  phase  of  mining.  Many  of  them  are  elaborately  illustrated  with  engravings  and  maps.  Only  a  nominal  price  is 
asked,  in  order  that  those  who  need  them  most  may  obtain  a  copy.     (See  list  on  last  page.) 

THE  REGISTERS  OF  MINES. 

The  Registers  of  Mines  form  practically  both  a  State  and  a  County  directory  of  the  mines  of  California,  each  county 
being  represented  in  a  separate  pamphlet.  Those  who  wish  to  learn  the  essential  facts  about  any  particular  mine  are 
referred  to  them.  The  facts  and  figures  are  given  in  tabular  form,  and  are  accompanied  by  a  topographical  map  of  the 
county  on  a  large  scale,  showing  location  of  each  mineral  deposit,  towns,  railways,  roads,  power  lines,  ditches,  etc. 

HOME  OF  THE  BUREAU. 

The  Mining  Bureau  occupies  the  north  half  of  the  third  floor  of  the  Perry  Building,  in  San  Francisco.  On  the  same 
floor  are  the  rooms  of  the  California  Development  Board,  and  an  exhibition  instituted  by  and  maintained  by  the  Board, 
illustrative  of  agriculture,  horticulture,  viticulture,  and  other  industries  of  California.  All  visitors  and  residents  are 
invited  to  inspect  the  Museum,  Library  and  other  rooms  of  the  Bureau,  and  a  personal  knowledge  of  its  operations. 

THE  MUSEUM. 

The  Museum  now  contains  more  than  20,000  specimens,  carefully  labeled  and  attractively  arranged  in  showcases  in 
a  great,  well-lighted  hall,  where  they  can  be  easily  studied.  The  collection  of  ores  from  California  mines  is  of  course  very 
extensive,  and  is  supplemented  by  many  ca.ses  of  characteristic  ores  from  the  principal  mining  districts  of  the  world.  The 
educational  value  of  the  exhibit  is  constantlj'  increased  by  substituting  the  best  specimens  obtainable  for  those  of  less  value. 

These  mineral  collections  are  not  only  interesting,  beautiful,  and  in  every  way  attractive  to  the  sightseers  of  all 
classes,  but  are  also  educational.  They  show  to  manufacturers,  miners,  capitalists,  and  others  the  character  and  qualit}'  of 
the  economic  minerals  of  the  State,  and  where  they  are  found.    Plans  have  been  formulated  to  extend  the  usefulness  of 

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MINERAI^   MUSEUM,    CALIFORNIA    STATE    MINING    BUREAU. 


the  exhibit  by  special  collections,  sueli  as  one  showing  the  chemical  composition  nf  minerals;  one  containing  structural 
materials;  another  showing  the  mineralogical  composition  of  the  sedimentary,  metamorphic.  and  igneous  roelis  of  the  State; 
the  petroleum-bearing  formatioiLS,  ore  bodies,  and  their  country  rocks,  etc. 

Besides  the  mineral  specimens,  there  are  many  models,  maps,  photographs,  and  diagrams  illustrating  the  modern 
practice  of  mining,  milling,  and  concentrating,  and  the  technology  of  the  mineral  indu.stries.  An  educational  series  of 
specimens  for  high  schools  has  been  inaugurated,  and  new  plans  are  being  formulated  that  will  make  the  Museum  even 
more  useful  in  the  future  than  in  the  past.  Its  popularity  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  over  125,000  visitors  registered  last 
year,  while  many  failed  to  leave  any  record  of  their  visit. 

THE  LIBRARY. 

This  is  the  mining  reference  library  of  the  State,  constantlj*  consulted  by  mining  men.  and  contains  about  5,000 
volumes  of  selected  works,  in  addition  to  the  numerous  publications  of  the  Bureau.  On  its  shelves  will  be  found  reports  on 
geolog.v,  mineralogy,  mining,  etc..  published  by  states,  governments,  and  individuals ;  the  reports  of  scientific  societies  at 
home  and  abroad;  encyclopaedias,  scientific  papers,  and  magazines;  mining  publications,  and  the  current  literature  of 
mining  ever  needed  in  a  reference  library. 

Manufacturers'  catalogues  of  mining  and  milling  macliinerj-  by  California  firms  are  kept  on  file.  The  Registers  of 
Klines  form  an  up-to-date  directory  for  investor  and  manufacturer. 

The  Librarian's  desk  is  the  general  bureau  of  information,  where  visitors  from  every  part  of  tlie  world  are  ever  seek- 
ing information  about  all  parts  of  California. 

READING-ROOM. 

This  is  a  part  of  the  Library  Department  and  is  supplied  with  over  one  hundred  current  publications.  Visitors  will 
find  here  various  California  papers  and  leading  mining  journals  from  all  over  the  world. 

The  Library  and  Reading-Room  are  open  to  the  public  from  9  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.  daily,  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 

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THE  LABORATORY. 

This  department  identifies  for  the  prospector  the  minerals  he  finds,  and  tells  him  the  nature  of  the  wall  rocks  or  dikes 
he  may  encounter  in  his  workings;  but  this  department  does  not  do  assaying  nor  compete  with  private  assayers.  The 
presence  of  minerals  is  determined,  but  not  the  percentage  present.  No  charges  for  this  service  are  made  to  any  resident 
of  the  State.  Manj'  of  the  inquiries  made  of  this  department  have  brought  capital  to  the  development  of  new  districts. 
Many  technical  questions  have  been  asked  and  answered  as  to  the  best  chemical  and  mechanical  processes  of  handling  ores 
and  raw  material.    The  laboratory'  is  M'ell  equipped. 

THE  DRAUGHTING-ROOM. 

In  this  room  are  prepared  scores  of  map.s,  from  the  small  ones  tilling  only  a  part  of  a  page,  to  tlie  largest  Countj'  and 
State  maps;  and  the  numerous  illustrations,  other  than  photographs,  tliat  are  con.stantly  being  required  for  the  Bulletins 
and  Eegisters  of  Jlines.  In  this  room,  also,  will  be  found  a  very  complete  collection  of  maps  of  all  kinds  relating  to  the 
industries  of  the  State,  and  one  of  the  important  duties  of  the  department  is  to  make  such  additions  and  corrections  as 
will  keep  the  maps  up  to  date.  The  seeker  after  information  inquires  here  if  he  wishes  to  know  about  the  geology  or 
topography  of  any  district;  about  the  locations  of  the  new  camps,  or  positions  of  old  or  abandoned  ones;  aV)out  railroads, 
stage  roads,  and  trails;  or  about  the  working  drawings  of  anything  connected  with  mining. 

MINERAL  STATISTICS. 

One  of  the  features  of  this  institution  is  found  in  its  mineral  statistics.  Their  annual  compilation  by  the  State  Mining 
Bureau  began  in  1894.  No  other  state  in  the  Union  attempts  so  elaljorate  a  record,  expends  so  much  labor  and  money  on 
its  compilation,  or  secures  one  so  accurate. 

The  State  ]\Iining  Bureau  keeps  a  careful,  up-to-date,  and  reliable  but  confidential  register  of  every  producing  mine, 
mine  owner,  and  mineral  industr.v  in  the  State.  From  such  are  secured,  under  pledge  of  secrecy,  reports  of  outpat,  etc., 
and  all  other  available  sources  of  information  are  used  in  checking,  verifying,  and  supplementing  the  information  so 
gained.  This  information  is  published  in  an  annual  tabulated,  statistical,  single-sheet  bulletin,  showing  the  mineral 
production  by  both  substances  and  counties. 

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TOTAL  MINERAL  PRODUCT  OF  CALIFORNIA  FOR  1909. 

The  following  table  shows  the  yield  of  mineral  substances  of  California  for  1909,  as  per  returns  received  at  the  State 
Mining  Bureau,  San  Francisco,  in  answer  to  inquiries  sent  to  producers: 


Quantity.  Value. 

Asbestos 65  tons  $6,500 

Asphalt  136,664  tons  1,707,159 

Bituminous  rock 34,123  tons  116,436 

Borax   33,257,000  lbs.  1,163,960 

Cement 3.779,205  bbLs.  4,969,437 

Chrome  436  tons  5,309 

Clay  (brick)   333,846  M  3,059,929 

Clav  (pottery)    299,424  tons  465,647 

Coal  49.389  tons  216,913 

Copper 65.727.736  lbs.  8.478,142 

Fuller's  earth   459  tons  7,385 

Gems   193,700 

Gold*   20,237,870 

Granite   358,008  eu.  ft.  376.834 

Gypsum   30,700  tons  138,176 

Infusorial  earth   500  tons  3,500 

Iron  ore 108  tons  174 

Lead 1,343  tons  144,897 

Lime 520,752  bbls.  577,824 

Limestone    337,676  tons  419,921 

Macadam  3,567,120  tons  1,636,125 

Magnesite  7,942  tons  62,588 


Quantity.  Value. 

Manganese    3  tons  $75 

Marble   79,600  cu.  ft.  238,400 

Mineral  paint   305  tons  2,325 

Mineral  water 2.449,834  gaLs.  465,488 

Natural  gas 1,148,467  M  cu.  ft.       616.932 

Paving  blocks   4,503  M  199,803 

Petroleum    58.191.723  bbLs.  32,398,187 

Platinum*    416  ounces  10,400 

Pyrites 457,867  tons  1,389,802 

Pumice  stone    50  tons  500 

Quicksilver    16,217  flasks  773,788 

Rubble   1.964,441  tons  1,071,701 

Salt 155,680  tons  414,708 

Sand  (glass)   12,259  tons  25,517 

Sandstone  79,240  cu.  ft.  37,032 

Silver*  (com '1  value).  .  2.098,253  ounces  1,091.092 

Slate 6.961  squares  45,660 

Soda  7,712  tons  11,593 

Soapstone   33  tons  280 

Tungsten   190,500 

Total $82,972,209 


Figures  supplied  by  U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 


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The  value  of  the  total  mineral  output  of  the  State  in  190S  was  $66,363,198.  The  grand  total  for  1909  was  $82,972,209, 
an  increase  of  $16,609,011.  The  noteworth.y  gains  for  1909  as  compared  with  1908  were  made  by  petroleum,  gold,  cement, 
coal,  copper,  lead,  rubble,  natural  gas,  tungsten,  silver  and  pottery  clays.  Metallic  substances  in  1909,  which  include 
the  precious  metals,  were  produced  to  the  value  of  $32,321,974,  including  gold,  silver,  pyrites,  quicksilver,  copper,  lead, 
tungsten,  platinum  and  chrome ;  the  non-metallic  substances,  including  borax,  coal,  mineral  waters,  salt,  infusorial  earth, 
g\T)sum,  magnesite,  manganese,  mineral  paint,  fullers'  earth,  soda,  chrysoprase,  tourmalines  and  other  gems  produced  in 
1909  represents  a  value  of  $2,687,411. 

Hydrocarbons  and  gases  produced  in  1909  were  valued  at  $34,838,714,  which  was  an  increase  of  $6,605,755.  These 
include  asphalt,  petroleum,  natural  gas  and  bituminous  rock.  The  increase  in  the  production  of  petroleum  amounted  to 
9,884,813  barrels.     The  value  of  petroleum  produced  in  1909,  estimated  f.  o.  b.  at  the  wells,  amounted  to  $32,398,187. 

The  value  of  structural  materials  credited  to  the  production  of  1909  was  $13,123,830,  these  including  cement,  brick 
and  pottery  clays,  lime  and  limestone,  macadam,  rubble  and  concrete  rock,  paving  blocks,  marble,  granite,  sandstone, 
slate  and  glass  sand. 

The  production  of  the  principal  substances  entitle  them  to  rank  as  follows :  Petroleum,  gold,  copper,  cement,  clays  and 
their  products,  asphalt,  macadam,  pyrites,  borax  and  rubble. 

All  the  asbestos  produced  in  California  in  1909  was  from  Amador,  Placer  and  Riverside  counties. 

Asphaltum  was  produced  in  the  counties  of  Kern,  Fresno,  Los  Angeles,  Santa  Barbara,  Alameda,  Contra  Costa,  San 
Luis  Obispo  and  San  Francisco.    It  was  almost  entirely  derived  from  the  refining  of  petroleum. 

Bituminous  rock  was  quarried  in  San  Luis  Obispo  and  Santa  Cruz  counties. 

Borax  was  produced  in  Inyo,  Los  Angeles  and  Ventura  counties. 

Brick  clays  were  utilized  in  the  counties  of  Alameda,  Butte,  Contra  Costa,  Fresno,  Humboldt,  Imperial,  Kern,  Kings, 
Los  Angeles,  ]\Iariu.  Mendocino,  Merced,  Orange,  Riverside,  San  Bernardino,  San  Diego,  San  Francisco,  San  Joaquin,  San 
Luis  Obispo,  San  Mateo,  Santa  Barbara.  Santa  Clara,  Shasta,  Solano,  Sonoma.  Tulare.  Amador,  ]\Ionterey,  Placer,  Stan- 
islaus, Yuba  and  Ventura. 

Clay  for  pottery  came  from  Alameda,  Amador,  Calaveras,  Los  Angeles,  Placer,  Riverside,  Iluniboldt.  Sonoma.  Orange, 
Santa  Cruz,  Solano  and  San  Bernardino  counties. 

Chrom^  was  mined  in  Shasta,  Amador  and  Tuolumne  counties. 

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Coal  was  produced  in  Amador,  Contra  Costa,  Riverside  and  Monterey  counties. 

Copper  was  produced  in  the  counties  of  Amador,  Calaveras,  Inyo,  Madera,  Placer,  Riverside,  San  Bernardino,  Del 
Norte,  Shasta,  IMono,  Fresno,  Tulare  and  Tuolumne. 

All  the  fullers'  earth  came  from  Kino's  and  Kern  counties. 

Glass  sand  was  produced  in  Los  Angeles,  El  Dorado  and  Monterey  counties. 

Gold  was  mined  in  thirt.v -three  counties. 

Granite  was  quarried  for  building  purposes,  etc.,  in  the  counties  of  Jladera,  Nevada,  Placer,  Riverside,  Sacramento, 
San  Bernardino,  San  Diego,  Fresno,  Sonoma  and  Plumas. 

Gypsum  was  derived  from  Kern,  Kings,  Monterej%  San  Bernardino,  Riverside  and  Los  Angeles  counties. 

Lead  from  Invo,  Kern,  Placer,  Mono,  Siskiyou,  Shasta,  Trinity,  Tuolumne  and  San  Bernardino  counties. 

Iron  ore  from  Shasta  County. 

Lime  was  quarried  and  burned  in  the  counties  of  Amador.  El  Dorado,  Kern.  IMonterey,  Placer,  Riverside,  Siskiyou, 
Santa  Clara,  Santa  Cruz,  Shasta,  Contra  Costa  and  Tuolumne. 

Limestone  was  quarried  for  beet  sugar  factories,  fluxes,  paving,  etc.,  in  Monterey,  Contra  Costa,  Calaveras,  San  Ber- 
nardino, Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Clara,  Santa  Cruz,  Shasta,  Siskiyou,  San  Mateo  and  Tuolumne  coi^nties. 

Marble  was  quarried  in  Los  Angeles,  San  Bernardino  and  Tuolumne  counties. 

Macadam  quarries  were  operated  and  sand  and  gravel  deposits  worked  in  the  counties  of  Alameda,  Contra  Costa,  Los 
Angeles,  Riverside,  Sacramento,  San  Benito,  San  Bernardino,  San  Francisco,  San  Mateo,  Santa  Cruz,  Butte,  El  Dorado, 
Humboldt,  Mariposa,  Monterey,  Napa,  Nevada,  Orange,  Shasta,  Santa  Clara,  San  Diego,  Ventura,  Yuba,  Sonoma,  Fresno, 
Glenn,  I\Iendocino,  Madera,  IMarin,  Santa  Barbara,  Stanislaus  and  Siskiyou. 

Mineral  paint  came  from  Stanislaus  and  Kings  counties. 

Manganese  came  from  Plumas  County. 

Magnesite  was  mined  in  Riverside,  Tulare,  Fresno  and  Santa  Clara  counties. 

Mineral  waters  were  bottled  and  sold  from  springs  in  the  counties  of  Butte,  Colusa,  Lake,  Los  Angeles,  Mendocino, 
Napa,  San  Benito,  Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Clara,  San  Luis  Obispo,  San  Diego,  Shasta,  Si.skiyou,  Solano.  Sonoma,  Tehama, 
Contra  Costa,  Marin,  Monterey  and  Riverside. 

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Natural  gas  was  eommereially  utilized  iu  !-iaorameiito,  San  Joaquin.  Korn.  Kinos,  llunilinlilt.  Tulare.  Santa  Barbara, 
Sulano  and  Ventura  counties. 

Paving  blocks  were  quarried  and  made  iu  Riverside.  San  Bernardino,  Solano  and  Sonoma  counties. 

I'etroleum  was  derived  from  the  eountie.s  of  Fresno,  Kern,  Los  Angeles,  Orange,  Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Clara,  San 
Luis  Obispo  and  Ventura. 

Silver  was  produced  in  thirty-three  counties. 

Alameda  and  Shasta  counties  furnished  all  the  pyrites. 

Quicksilver  was  produced  in  Colusa,  Lake.  Napa,  San  Benito,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Santa  Clara,  ilonterey,  Sonoma  and 
Trinity  counties. 

Rubble  was  quarried  in  the  counties  of  Los  Angeles.  Alameda,  Colusa.  I\Ionterey,  Siskiyou,  Marin,  Napa,  Placer, 
Riverside,  San  Bernardino,  San  Diego,  Santa  Barbara,  Solano,  San  Francisco,  Contra  Costa,  Nevada,  Madera,  San  Luis 
Obispo,  Sonoma,  Ventura  and  Sacramento. 

Salt  came  from  Alameda,  Los  Angeles.  San  Diego,  Solano,  Tehama,  San  Bernardino  and  San  Mateo  counties. 

Sandstone  was  quarried  in  Colusa,  Santa  Barbara  and  Siskiyou  counties. 

Slate  came  from  El  Dorado  County. 

The  gems  canie  from  the  counties  of  Los  Angeles,  San  Bernardino.  San  Diego.  Tulare.  Kern  and  San  IMateo. 


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TOTAL  GOLD  PRODUCT  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1848-1909. 

(iohl  is  iR'xt  to  the  l«Rlin,u'  iiiiniiii;-  product,  (fold  i.s  more  widely  distributed  tluiu  any  other  .sul)staiiee  thus  far 
mined  iu  California,  thirty-three  counties  out  of  the  figty-eiirht  in  tlie  State  sliowinu  a  soltl  y'^cM  in  1909,  and  gold  is 
linown  to  exist  in  several  others. 

The  following  table  shows  the  total  gold  yield  of  California,  by  years,  from  the  time  mining  commenced  in  1848  to 
1909,  inclusive:* 


1848 !f!245.301 

1849 10,151,36tl 

1850 41,273,106 

1851 75,938.232 

1852 81,294,700 

1853 67.613,487 

1854 69,433.931 

1855 55,485,395 

1856 57,509,411 

1857 43,628,172 

1858 46.591,140 

1859 45,846,599 

1860 44.095,163 

1861 41,884,995 

1862 38.854,668 

1863 23,501,736 


1864 !f!24,071,423 

1865 17,930,858 

1866 17,123,867 

1867 18,265,452 

1868 17,555,867 

1869 18,229,044 

1870 17,458,133 

1871 17,477,885 

1872 15,482.194 

1873 15.019.210 

1874 17,264,836 

1875 16,876,009 

1876 15,610.723 

1877 16.501,268 

1878 18,839,141 

1879 19,626,654 


1880 .$20,030,761 

1881 19,223.155 

1882 17.146,416 

1883 24,316,873 

1884 13,600,000 

1885 12,661,044 

1886 14,716,506 

1887 13.588,614 

1888 12,750,000 

1889 11,212,913 

1890..* 12,309,793 

1891 12,728,869 

1892 12,571,900 

1893 12,422,811 

1894 13,923,281 

1895 15,334,317 


1896 $17,181,562 

1897 15,871,401 

1898 15,906,478 

1899 15,336,031 

1900 15,863,355 

1901 16.989,044 

1902 16'910,320 

1903 16,471,264 

1904 19,109,600 

1905 19.197,043 

1906 18.732,452 

1907 16,727,928 

1908 18.761,559 

1909 20,237,870 


Total....  $1,508,513,120 


*  Figures  tor  1906,  1907,  1908  and  1909  by  U.  S.  Geological  Sui-vey 


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PETROLEUM   PRODUCTION   IN   CALIFORNIA— 1875-1909. 

The  growth  of  petroleum  production  in  California  makes  it  desirable  to  provide  data  by  wliieli  the  progress  of  the 
petroleum  industry  of  the  State  may  be  traced.  The  following  tabulation  takes  no  account  of  values,  but  only  of  the 
number  of  barrels  produced  between  the  years  1875-1909  and  inclusive  of  both  years.  Prior  to  18S7  the  figures  relating 
to  values  are  incomplete.  This  makes  it  impossible  to  give  an  accurate  showing  of  the  valuation  of  the  total  product  from 
the  beginning  of  production.  The  other  course,  accounting  for  the  amount  of  production,  has  been  taken  necessarily.  The 
total  value  of  the  petroleum  produced  in  the  period  1887-1909,  inclusive,  as  estimated,  was  .$136,693,228.  The  barrels  pro- 
duced each  year,  as  reported  by  the  producers,  are  as  follows : 


Tears.                                         •  Barrels. 

1875* 175,000 

1876 12,000 

1877 13,000 

1878 15,227 

1879 19,858 

1880 40,552 

1881 99,862 

1882 128,636 

1883 142,857 

1884 262,000 

1885 325,000 

1886 377,145 

1887 678,572 


Years.  Barrels. 

1888 690,333 

1889 303,220 

1890 307,360 

1891 323,600 

1892 385,049 

1893 470,179 

1894 783.078 

1895 1.245,339 

1896 1,257,780 

1897 1.911,569 

1898 2.249,088 

1899 2,677,875 

1900 4,329,950 


Years.  Barrels. 

1901 7,710,315 

1902 14,356,910 

1903 24,340,839 

1904 29.736,003 

1905 34,275,701 

1906 32,624,000 

1907 40,311,171 

1908 48,306.910 

1909 58,191,723 

Total 309,077,701 


■  Includes  1875   and  also   prior  production. 


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BANNER  COUNTIES  IN  DIFFERENT  MINERAL  PRODUCTS— 1909. 

Tlie  baimer  uoimties  of  tlie  State,  based  on  the  records  of  mineral  pi'oduetinn,  are  those  that  lead  in  any  special 
product  or  products  in  a  year.  The  necessity  for  protecting'  individuals,  who  are  the  sole  ones  outputting  some  partic- 
ular substance,  makes  it  advisable  to  place  certain  substances,  under  certain  conditions,  beneath  the  heading  of  "Unappor- 
tioned. "  This  operates  to  make  county  production  seem  to  be  less  for  a  time,  in  some  cases,  but  another  tabulation 
credits  the  gross  production  and  gross  value  for  each  county  for  a  series  of  years,  so  that  no  omission  of  credit  to  any 
county  occurs  in  the  long  run.  By  referring  to  a  bulletin  of  production  by  counties,  of  any  current  year,  the  fact  will 
appear  what  are  the  substances  and  what  are  the  amounts  "unapportioned, "  as  all  substances  are  summarized  annnall3'. 
The  banner  counties  of  1909,  with  the  limitations  indicated  above,  were  as  follows : 

Alameda  County  leads  in  macadam  ($300,478)  and  salt  ($10'4,978)  ;  Butte  in  gold  ($2,987,079)  ;  Colusa  in  sandstone 
($24,634)  ;  El  Dorado  in  slate  (.$4.5,660)  ;  Inyo  in  lead  (.$131,199),  soda  and  borax;  Kern  in  petroleum  ($12,565,246), 
asphalt  ($655,391)  and  tungsten ;  Lake  in  mineral  water  ($108,270)  ;  Los  Angeles  in  brick  ($1,195,892),  gypsnm  ($50,000) 
and  glass  sand  ($14,400)  ;  Placer  in  asbestos  ($6,000)  and  granite  ($156,968)  ;  Riverside  in  pottery  clays  ($97,971)  ;  San 
Benito  in  quicksilver  (.$440,241)  ;  San  Diego  in  gems  ($125,000)  ;  JMonterey  in  infusorial  earth  ($3  500)  and  coal;  Santa 
Cruz  in  bituminous  rock  ($110,067)  and  lime  ($296,785)  ;  Santa  Barbara  in  natural  gas  ($394,621)  ;  Shasta  in  copper 
(.$7,581,115),  in  chrome  ($3,517),  pyrites  ($1,349,286),  limestone  ($134,595);  Sonoma  in  paving  blocks  (.$134,223); 
Stanislaus  in  mineral  paint  ($2,225)  ;  Tulare  in  magn&site  ($47,200)  ;  Solano  in  cement  and  rubble  ($163,308)  ;  Kern  in 
fullers'  earth;  San  Bernardino  in  marble  ($125,000).  The  "unapportioned"  list  includes  borax,  cement,  coal,  tungsten 
and  some  gold,  silver,  copper,  lead,  glass  sand,  zinc,  brick,  chrome  and  soapstone. 

To  show  the  w-ide  distribution  of  mineral  substances  in  California,  an  analysis  of  the  statistics  for  1909  proves  that 
gold  was  produced  in  33  counties ;  asphalt  in  8 ;  chrome  in  3  ;  brick  clays  in  33 ;  pottery  clays  in  12 ;  copper  in  14 ;  cement 
in  7 ;  gems  in  6 ;  granite  in  9 ;  macadam  in  32 ;  mineral  water  in  20 ;  natural  gas  in  9 ;  paving  blocks  in  4 ;  petroleum  in  8 ; 
quicksilver  in  9 ;  rubble  in  21 ;  salt  in  7 ;  sandstone  in  3,  and  silver  in  33.  In  certain  instances  other  substances  are 
mined  or  quarried  in  only  one  county. 


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QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


ASBESTOS. 

Amador  County  . 
Placer  County  . .  . 
Rivenside  County 

Totals   


ASPHALT. 

Alameda  County    . .  . 
Contra  Costa  Couut\- 

'  Fresno  County 

Kern  County 

Los  Angeles  County. 
San  Luis  Obispo  Co.. 
San  Francisco  County 
Santa  Barbara  County 

Totals   


BfTUMINOUS   ROCK. 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co..  . 
Santa  Cruz  Count v. . . 


Quantity. 

2  tons 
60  tons 

3  tons 


65  tons 

18,2110  tons 

17.(KS5  tons 

■100  tons 

54.599  tons 

40,740  tons 

4.500  tons 

850  tons 

200  tons 


136,664  tons 

2.731  tons 
31.392  tons 


Totals   34.123  tons 

BORAX. 

I'napportioned    16.628  tons 

CEMENT. 

Unapportioned  3,779,205  bbls. 


$200 

6.000 

300 


$3,500 

$241,475 

222.105 

4,40(1 

655,391 

516.500 

55.000 

9. SOI  I 

2.488 

$1,707,159 

$6,369 
110.067 

.$n6.43(; 

$1.163.9(iO 
.$4,969,437 


CHROME. 

Amador  County  . 
Tuolumne  County 
Shasta  County  .  . 
Unapportioni'd    .  . 

Totals   

CLAY— BRICK. 

(Includes  Common,   Pressed,   a 

Alameda  County    .... 

Amador  County 

Butte  County   

Contra  Costa  Count.y. 

Fresno  County 

Humboldt  County   .  .  . 

Imperial  County 

Kern   County    

Kings  County 

Los  Angelas  County .  . 

jMarin  County 

IMendocino  County  . .  . 

]Merced  County 

^Monterey  County  .... 

Orange  County 

Placer  Count.y   

Riverside  County  .... 
San  Bernardino  County 


Quantity. 

Value. 

41 

tons 

$332 

30  tons 

180 

205  tons 

3.517 

160 

tons 
tons 

1,280 

436 

$5,309 

nd  Fire.) 

14.800 

M 

$140,000 

1,429 

M 

28,572 

200 

M 

1,200 

41,033 

M 

268,122 

7,950 

]\I 

49,375 

1,310 

jr 

9,750 

2,000 

M 

20,000 

3.365 

51 

29,634 

1,000 

]M 

8.500 

136.202 

M 

1.195.892 

4,500 

M 

■   105,000 

150  U 

1,500 

700 

j\r 

6.300 

300 

jr 

2.900 

4.090 

:\i 

20.650 

2.083 

i\i 

52,300 

22.037 

:\i 

265,550 

1,709 

.M 

11.966 

2— Rri.CO 


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QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


CLAY— BRICK— Con  tinuea. 

San  Diego  (.'oiinty 

Sau  Frauciseo  County . 
San  Joaquin  County.  .  . 
San  Luis  Obispo  Co. .  .  . 

San  Mateo  County 

Santa  Barbara  County. 
Santa  Clara  County... 

Shasta  County   

Solano  County   

Sonoma  County   

Stanislaus  County  .  . .  . 

Tulare  County   

Ventura  County  

Yuba  County- 

Uuapportioncd    

Totals   

CLAY— POTTERY. 

Alameda  County 

Amador  County 

t!alavf'ras  County 

Humboldt  County  .  .  .  . 
Los  Angeles  County.  .  . 

Orange  County 

Placer  County    

Riverside  County 

San  Bernardino  Countv 


Quantity. 

Value. 

5.844  .M 

!^38,946 

a  1,430  M 

221,332 

8,088  M 

242,634 

2,245  M 

19,605 

1,346  M 

38.405 

990  M 

9,180 

6,000  M 

30,000 

3,500  M 

23,500 

1,600  M 

20,000 

6,500  M 

29,000 

5,000  M 

50,000 

6,620  M 

42,400 

1.275  M 

7.625 

550  M 

6,600 

12,500  M 

63,491 

333.846  ]M 

.$3,059,929 

45.348  tons 

.$205,194 

33,563  tons 

32,724 

100  tons 

500 

2,450  tons 

7.650 

14,027  tons 

26,688 

2,617  tons 

26,170 

45.300  tons 

35.250 

86,028  tons 

!>7.971 

300  tons 

3,000 

CLAY — POTTERY — Continued.  yuANTiTY.  Vai.uk. 

Santa  Cruz  County 63,.541  tons  .$13,800 

Solano  County 5,600  tons  11,200 

Sonoma  County   550  tons  5,500 

Totals 299,424  tons  $465,647 

COAL. 

Unapportioned    49,389  tons  $216,913 

COPPER. 

Amador  County 288,472  lbs.  $36,641 

Calaveras  Countv 5,438,908  lbs.  690.632 

Del  Norte  Countv 24,449  lbs.  3,085 

Fresno  Countv   876,837  lbs.  111.341 

Invo  Count\- 39,888  lbs.  5,073 

:\radera  Countv 5,000  lbs.  635 

Riverside  Countv 8,000  lbs.  1,016 

San  Bernardino  Countv  316,300  lbs.  40,418 

Shasta  Countv   58,665,447  lbs.  7,581,115 

Tulare  Countv   2,803  lbs.  360 

Tuolumne  County   ....  9,086  lbs.  1,154 

Unapportioned    52,546  lbs.  6,672 

Totals 65,727.736  llis.  .$8,478,142 

FULLERS'  EARTH. 

Kern  Countv 359  tons  $5,385 

Kin-s  County 100  tons  2,000 

Totals  459  tons  $7,385 


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QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


GEMS.  Value. 

Kern  County $500 

Los  Angeles  Conuty 9, .500 

San  Bernardino  Countv 200 

San  Diego  Countv.  .  .  ." 125,000 

San  Jlateo  County 500 

Tulare  County  58,000 

Total $19.3,700 

GLASS    (SAND).  QUAXTITY. 

El  Dorado  Countv 3.76.3  ton.s  $5.61.5 

Los  Angele.s  County...             1.800  tons  14.400 

JFonterey  County 6.496  tons  4,872 

l^ti  apportioned    200  tons  600 

Totals  12,259  tons  .$25,517 

GOLD. 

Amador  Countv $2,298,785 

Butte  County 2,987,079 

Calaveras  Count.y 1,440,511 

Colusa  County*    

Del  Norte  Countv 1,610 

El  Dorado  County 238,284 

Fresno  Countv 17,539 

Humboldt  County   25,690 

Imperial  County 59.705 


GOLD — Continued.  Value. 

Invo  Countv $457,846 

Kern  Countv 654,799 

La.ssen  County*   116,327 

Los  Angeles  Count.v 864 

Madera  County  .  .  ." 14.716 

Mariposa  Countv 396.465 

Merced  County! 228,492 

^lodoc  Countv*    

]\Iono  County  354,909 

ifonterev  Countv 333 

Nevada  Countv 2,660,235 

Placer  County 281,372 

Plumas  County 157,491 

Riverside  County 186 

Sacramento.  County 1,669,814 

San  Bernardino  Countv 40,071 

San  Diego  Countv ' 12,812 

Shasta  County 1,600,489 

Sierra  County 189,672 

Siskiyou  County 416,160 

Stanislaus  Covint.vt    

Trinitv  County  ." • 520,046 

Tuolumne  Countv   925,703 

Yuba  County   2,469,865 

Total $20,237,870 


■  Lassen,  Modoc,  and  Colusa  gold  included  in  La; 


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t  Merced   and   Stanislaus   gold  creditecl   to    Mcrr 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


GRANITE.  Quantity. 

Fresno  County 18,000  cu.  ft. 

Madera  County   142,622  cu.  ft. 

Nevada  County    1,250  cu.  ft. 

Placer  County    82,637  cu.  ft. 

Plumas  County 1,000  cu.  ft. 

Riverside  County 69,158  cu.  ft. 

Sacramento  County  .  .  .  31,660  cu.  ft. 

San  Bernardino  County  5,804  cu.  ft. 

Sonoma  County   5,877  cu.  ft. 

Totals   .' . .  .  358,008  cu.  ft. 

GYPSUM. 

Kern  County 1,700  tons 

Kings  County 10(1  tons 

Los  Angeles  County.  .  .  1(1,0110  tons 

Monterey  County (i.OOO  tons 

San  Bernardino  Couiit\'  12,500  tons 

Riverside  County 400  tons 

Totals   30.700  tons 


INFUSORIAL    EARTH. 

Monterey  Comity 


IRON    ORE. 

Shasta  County 


500  tons 
108  tons 


$376,834 

$8,300 
300 
50,000 
34,576 
43,000 
2,000 

.$138,176 

.$3,500 

$174 


LEAD. 

Inyo  County  

Kern   County    

Sha.sta  County   

San  Bernardino  Coiuit\ 

Siskiyou  County 

Unapportioned    


Quantity. 

2,364,137  lbs. 

4,871  lbs. 

2.145  lbs. 

310,200  lbs. 

3,360  lbs. 

764  lbs. 


Totals   2,685,477  lbs. 


Amador  County  . 
Contra  Costa  County 
El  Dorado  Coimt\- . . 

Kern   County    

Monterey  County  .  . 
Placer  County  .... 
Riverside  County  . . 
Santa  Clara  Comity 
Santa  Cruz  County. 
Shasta  County  .... 
Siskiyou  County  .  .  . 
Tuolumne  County   . 

Totals   


LIMESTONE. 

Calaveras  County  .  .  .  . 
Contra  Costa  Count  v. 


1,200  bbls. 

14,062  bbls. 

13,828  bbls. 

115,709  bbls. 

50,006  bbls. 

24.322  bbls. 

3,000  bbls, 

1,000  bbls. 

228,875  l)l)ls, 

8,650  bills. 

100  libls. 

60,000  bbls. 


520,752  bbls. 

4,590  tons 
22,556  tons 


Value. 

$131,199 

174 

92 

13,254 

144 

34 

$144,897 

$1,440 

15,468 

14,591 

88,869 

62,507 

25,864 

3,000 

1.000 

296.785 

S.O(X) 

300 

60,000 

$577,824 

$11,987 
42,837 


(20) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


LIMESTONE— C-ontinuciI. 

yiANTITY. 

Value. 

MACADAM— CoiUilUK-.l. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

IMontercv  C'ountx- 

10.658   tons 

$45,678 

Neyada  County  

1.304  tons 

$571 

Sau  ]\Iateo  Couutv.  .  .  . 

12l).30(i  tons 

96.245 

Orange  County 

67.900  tons 

23,665 

San  Bernardino  County 

22.197  tons 

41,395 

Riverside  County 

29.872  tons 

32.072 

Santa  Barbara  County. 

4.849  tons 

6,619 

Sacramento  County  . .  . 

301.333  tons 

234.182 

Santa  Clara  County. . . 

2.221  tons 

4,150 

San  Benito  County.  .  .  . 

203,048  tons 

83,709 

Santa  Cruz  County. . . . 

3.457  tons 

5,273 

San  Bernardino  County 

28.602  tons 

27,657 

Shasta  County   

129.560  tons 

134.595 

San  Diego  County 

54.518  tons 

32,389 

Siskij-ou  County 

2.225  tons 

2,200 

San  Francisco  County. 

78.303  tons 

64,471 

Tuolumne  County    .... 

15,057  tons 

28.942 

San  ;Mateo  County.  .  .  . 

100.154  tons 

90,221 

Santa  Barbai-a  County. 
Santa  Clara  County . .  . 

8.568  tons 
74,068  tons 

4.146 
75,916 

Totals   

337,676  tons 

.$419,921 

Santa  Cruz  County. . . . 

23,121  tons 

20,717 

MACADAM. 

Shasta  County   

4,650  tons 

4,688 

Alameda  County   

710.576  tons 

$300,478 

Siskiyou  County    

39,874  tons 

4.528 

Butte  County   

117,338  tons 

32.140 

Sonoma  County   

454,155  tons 

158.473 

Contra  Costa  County .  . 

272,832  tons 

139.182 

Stanislaus  County   .... 

100  tons 

225 

El  Doradp  County 

220  tons 

530 

Ventura  County 

149.591  toas 

56,845 

Fresno  County 

Glenn  County 

45,375  tons 
140.000  tons 

14,000 
49.000 

Yuba  County   

14,273  tons 

5,650 

Humboldt  County   .... 

29.400  tons 

29,170 

Totals  

3.567.120  tons 

$1,636,125 

Los  Angeles  County.  .  . 

469.104  tons 

36.944 

MAGNESITE. 

]\Iadera  County 

360  ton.s 

360 

Fresno  County   

850  tons 

$8,500 

Marin  County 

10  tons 

10 

Riverside  County 

324  tons 

3,888 

Mariposa  County 

78.037  tons 

62.430 

Santa  Clara  County.  .  . 

300  tons 

3,000 

Mendocino  County  .... 

3.000  tons 

1.200 

Tulare  County   

6.468  tons 

47,200 

Jlonterev  County 

20,446  tons 

10.328 

- 

Napa  County   

46,986  tons 

40,228 

Totals   

7.942  tons 

$62,588 

(21). 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINEEAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


MANGANESE. 

I'liiiiiiis  CiMin1\' 


MARBLE. 

Los  Augeles  County .  .  . 
San  Bernardino  County 
Tuolumne  Countv   .... 


Quantity. 

3  ton.s 

2,000  en.  ft. 
50.000  cu.  ft. 
27,600  cu.  ft. 


Totals  79,600  cu.  ft. 

MINERAL   WATER. 

Butte  County   25,400  gals. 

Colusa  County  150,000  gals. 

Contra  Costa  County..  199,800  gals. 

Lake  County 265,000  gals. 

Los  Angeles  County.  .  .  266,315  gals. 

Marin  County 47.500  gals. 

Mendocino  County  ....  45,000  gals. 

Monterey  Countv 10,000  gals. 

Napa  County   . '. 123,072  gals. 

Riverside  County 30,000  gals. 

San  Benito  County 3,120  gals. 

San  Diego  County 10,210  gals. 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . .  .  4,000  gals. 

Santa  Barbara  County.  155,400  gals. 

Santa  Clara  Countv...  373,367  gals. 

Shasta  Countv   .  .  ." 100.000  gals. 

Siskiyou  Countv     500,000  gals. 

Solano  County  32,650  gals. 


Value. 

.+75 

$6,000 
125,000 
107,400 


$238,400 

$1,400 

75,000 

10.590 

108.270 

19,998 

5,075 

9,000 

2,000 

96,279 

3,000 

1,560 

12,022 

1,000 

22,200 

40,754 

20.000 

10,000 

5,490 


MINERAL    WATER— Cniitiruu'il.  Quantity. 

SoiKiiua  County   104,000  gals. 

Tehanui  County   5,000  gals. 

Totals   2,449.834  gals. 

MINERAL   PAINT. 

Kings  County 20  tons 

Stanislaus  County  ....  285  tons 

Totals   •             305  tons 

NATURAL    GAS. 

Humboldt  Count\-   600  M  cu.  ft. 

K(M-u  County 38,000  M  cu.  ft. 

Kings  County 360  M  eu.  ft. 

Sacramento  County  . .  .  60,000  JI  eu.  ft. 

San  Joaquin  County.  .  .  271.883  M  cu.  ft. 

Santa  Barbara  County.  768,000  jM  eu.  ft. 

Solano  Countv   '.  .  7,538  M  cu.  ft. 

Tulare  County   365  M  cu.  ft. 

Ventura  County 1,721  i\I  cu.  ft. 

Totals   1,148,467  M  cu  ft. 

PAVING    BLOCKS. 

Riverside  County 855  i\I 

San  Bernardino  Countv  333  'M 

Solano  Countv   ".  309  U 

Sonoma  County   3,006  M 

Totals  4,503  M 


$21,350 
500 

.$465,488 


$100 
2.225 

$2,325 

$300 

2,714 

360 

60,000 

149,063 

394,621 

7,538 

185 

2.151 

$616,932 

$37,090 
14,985 
13,505 

134,223 

$199,803 


/22) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


PETROLEUM. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

QUICKSILVER— Continued. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

Fresno  County 

15.406,619  bbls. 

$9,243,971 

Napa  County   

1,625  flasks 

$80,535 

Kern  Count^■     

24.549.758  bbls. 
5,409.392  bbls. 

12.565.246 
3.513.192 

San  Benito  County .  . 
San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . 

8,900  flasks 
317  flasks 

440,241 
15,510 

Los  Angeles  Conntv.  .  . 

Orange  Conntv  

4,270.967  bbls. 

2,690,709 

Santa  Clara  Couutv. 

3,747  flasks 

158,490 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . . 

30,000  bbls. 

15,000 

Sonoma  Coiintv   .... 

344  flasks 

14.226 

Santa  Barbara  County. 

8.116,788  libLs. 

4.069,661 

Trinity  Countv 

197  flasks 

7,915 

63,780  bbls. 
344,419  bbls. 

76,536 

Ventura  County 

Totals   

223,872 

Totals   

RUBBLE. 

16,217  flasks 

$773,788 

58,191,723  bbls. 

$32,398,187 

PLATINUM. 

Alameda  Countv   .  .  . 

52,109  tons 

$39,730 

Unapportioned    

416  ounces 

$10,400 

Colusa  County   

2,480  tons 

620 

Contra  Costa  County 

86,000  tons 

94,600 

PYRITES. 

Los  Angeles  Countv. 

343,076  tons 

145,433 

Alameda  Countv    

S.lO.j  tons 

$40,516 

Jladera  Countv  

181.817  tons 

5,476 

Shasta  County   

449,762  tons 

1,349,286 

J\larin  County 

132,000  tous 

67,000 

Monterev  Countv  .  .  . 

83,384  tons 

33,023 

Totals     

457,867  tons 

$1,389,802 

Xapa  County   

231,220  tons 

98,408 

Nevada  Couut.v 

1,448  tons 

1.303 

SiskiyoTi  County 

50  tons 

$500 

Placer  County 

Riverside  Countv  .  .  . 

148,346  tons 
34,541  tons 

46,815 
53,195 

QUICKSILVER. 

Sacramento  Comity  . 

6,143  tons 

1,028 

Colusa  Couut\'    

U  flasks 

$545 

San  Bernardino  Couii 

y        113,831  tous 

122,961 

Lake  Couutv  

1.075  flasks 

56.277 

San  Diego  County.  .  . 

1.893  tons 

1,121 

^Monterey  County 

1  flask 

49 

San  Francisco  Couut\ 

96,958  tons 

85,911 

(23) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


RUBBLE— Continued. 

San  Lnis  Obispo  Co. . .  . 
Santa  Barbara  County. 

Siskiyou  County 

Solano  County   

Sonoma  County   

Ventura  County 

Totals   

SALT. 

Alameda  County   

Los  Angeles  County.  .  , 
San  Bernardino  County 

San  Diego  County 

San  Mateo  County.  .  .  . 

Solano  County    

Tehama  County   

Totals 

SANDSTONE. 

Colusa  County   

Santa  Barbara  ('ounty. 
Siskiyou  County 

Totals      

QU.4NTITV. 

700  tons 

1.104  tons 

500  tons 

206,635  tons 

32.028  tons 

208,228  tons 

Value. 
$400 

1,170 

500 

163.308 

22.318 

87.381 

SILVER. 

Commercial 

Value. 

$16,701 

Butte  County  

7.205 

( 'alaveras  Countj'  

Colusa  County*   

71.418 

Del  Norte  County 

El  Dorado  Count.\- 

Fresno  County 

52 

1.299 

8,503 

1.964.441  tons 

104.978  tons 

10,000  tons 

3,500  tons 

15.000  tons 

22.100  tons 

100  Ions 

2  tons 

$1,071,701 

$214,808 
30,000 
14.000 
60,000 
95,400 
200 
300 

Humboldt  County   

94 

Imperial  County 

524 

Inyo  County  

...                47 117 

Kern  County  

101,633 

Lassen  County*   

1,463 

Los  Angeles  County 

^ladera  Count\' 

2 

403 

JIariposa  County 

2,729 

\Merced   County  t    

Mono  County 

572 

37,792 

]\Ionterey  County 

Xeyada  County  

5 

24,926 

155.680  tons 

47.070  fu.  ft. 

31,120  cu.  ft. 

1.050  cu.  ft. 

$414,708 

$24,634 

10,648 

1,750 

Plaeer  County 

1,492 

Plumas  County 

Riverside  County 

587 

24 

Sacramento  County 

2.856 

San  Bernardino  County 

12.570 

San  l)ie"'o  County 

1,721 

79.240  eu.  ft. 

$37,032 

735460 

Ltiisseii,  Modoc.  ;ind  Colusa  silver  comUineii. 


(24) 


Merced  and  Stanislaus 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1909. 


SI  LV  E  R— Continued. 

Sierra  County 

Siskiyou  County  . .  . 
Stanislaus  County + 
Trinity  County  .  .  .  . 
Tuolumne  County  . 
Yuba  Count  V 


$957 
2,145 


2.302 
4,384 
4,156 


Total .$1,091,092 


SLATE. 

El  Dorado  County 

SOAPSTONE. 

Unapportioned    . .  . 


SODA. 

I'napportioned 

TUNGSTEN. 

Unapportioned 


Quantity.  Value. 

6,961  squares  .$45,660 

33  tons  $280 

7,712  tons  $11,593 

$190,1300 


t  Merced  and  Stanislaus  combined. 


(25) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


ALAMEDA    COUNTY.                                    Quantity.  Value. 

Asphalt,  18,290  tons  $241,475 

Brick  14,800  M  140,000 

Clav    4.'),348  tons  205,194 

]\Iaeadaiii   710,576  tons  300.478 

Pvrites 8,105-  tons  40,516 

Rubble    52,109  tons  39,730 

Salt    104,978  tons  214,808 

$1,182,201 

AMADOR   COUNTY. 

Asbestos 2  tons  .$200 

Brick    1,429  M  28,572 

Chrome   41  tons  332 

Clay    33,563  tons  32.724 

Copper 288,472  lbs.  36.641 

Gold   2,298,785 

Lime 1,200  bbLs.  1,440 

Silver  16,701 

$2.415,.395 

BUTTE    COUNTY. 

Brick   200  M  $1,200 

Gold   2.987,079 

Macadam   117.338  tons  32,140 

Mineral  water 25,400  -als.  1.400 

Silver   7,205 


$3,029,024 


CALAVERAS   COUNTY.  Quantity.  Value. 

Clav    100  tons  $500 

Copper 5,438,908  lbs.  690,632 

Gold    1,440.511 

Limestone   4,590  tons  11,987 

Silver 71,418 

$2,215,048 

COLUSA    COUNTY. 

Gold*    

■Mineral  water 150,000  gals  $75,000 

Quicksilver  11  flasks  545 

Rubble    2,480  tons  620 

Silver* 

Sandstone    47.070  en.  ft.  24,634 

$100,799 

CONTRA    COSTA    COUNTY. 

Asplialt   17.085  tons  $222,105 

Brick   41.033  M  268.122 

Lime ■ 14,062  bbls.  15,468 

Limestone  22,556  tons  42,837 

iMacadam   272,832  tons  139.182 

Mineral  water 199.800  gals.  10,590 

Rubble      86.000  tons  94,600 


$792,904 


Lassen,  Modoc,  and  Colusa  gold  and  silver  included  in  Lassen  returns. 

(2G) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


DEL  NORTE  COUNTY. 

("oplicr   

Gold   

Silver  

EL    DORADO    COUNTY. 
Gold    

Lime 

Macadam  

Sand  (slass)   

I-JI'A.VTITV. 

24.449  Ills. 

'.    '"  13,828  bbis. ' 
220  tons 
3.763  tons 

Vai.iik. 
$3,0S.") 

1,610 
52 

HUMBOLDT    COUNTY. 
Brick    

("lav            

Quantity. 

1.310  M 
2,450  tons 

29,466  tons 
600  il  cu.  ft. 

Vai.iik. 

$9,750 

7,650 

25,690 

29.170 

300 

94 

Gold    

Macadam   

Natural  aas 

$4,747 

$238,284 

14,591 

530 

5,645 

1.299 

45,660 

Silver  

IMPERIAL    COUNTY. 

Brick  

Gold   

2.000  M 

$72,654 

$20,000 

59,705 

524 

Silver  

Slate  

FRESNO    COUNTY. 

Asphalt   

Brick  

Copper  

6.961  squares 

400  tons 
7.950  :\i 
876,837  lbs. 

'.  '"  18.666  cu. ft. 

45.375  tons 

850  tou.s 

15,406.619  bbls. 

INYO    COUNTY. 

39.888  lbs. 

$306,009 

$4,400 

49.375 

111.341 

17.339 

14.400 

14.000 

8.500 

9.243.971 

8.503 

$80,229 

$5,073 
457,846 
131,199 

47,117 

Gold    

Lead   

Silver  

KERN    COUNTY. 

Asphalt   

Brick   

.      2.364.137  lbs. 

54.599  tons 
3,365  M 
359  tons 

Gold   

Granite   

Macadam  

Magnesite   

Petroleum    

Silver   

$641,235 

$655,391 

29,634 

5,385 

500 

654,799 

GLENN    COUNTY. 

Macadam  

140.00(1  tons 

$9,472,029 
$49,000 

Fullers"  cai'fh 

Gold    

(27) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


KERN    COUNTY— c.intinuoil.  yu.inUt>-.  \-alii  •. 

Cvpsiiiii    1,700  tons  .+8.^00 

Lead   4.781  lbs.  174 

LiiiK' 11.').70!)  hbls.  88.869 

Natural  gas 88.000  :\I  cii.  ft.  2.714 

Petroleum 24.549,758  l)bls.         12.565.246 

Silver 101.633 

^14,112.645 

KINGS    COUNTY. 

Brick  1.000  M  $8,500 

Fullers'  earth 100  tons  2.000 

Gypsum   100  tons  300 

i\Iineral  paint   20  tons  100 

Natural  gas 360  M  eu.  ft.  360 

!|^11,260 

LAKE    COUNTY. 

Mineral  water 2(i5.00O  gals.  !i(108.270 

Quicksilver    1.075  tla.sks  56,277 

.>f!l64.547 

LASSEN    COUNTY.' 

(Jold    it!ll6.327 

Silver   1.463 

.$117,790 

LOS  ANGELES   COUNTY. 

Asphalt   40.740  tons  $516,500 

Brick  136.202  M  1.195.892 

Clav    14,027  tons  26.688 


LOS  ANGELES   CO.— c  ■njitiiiiir.l.                Qi'antity.  Value. 

{',rms    $9..500 

(Jold    864 

(Ivpsum   10.000  tons  50,000 

ilacadam   469,104  tons  36.944 

Marble    2.000  cu.  ft.  6,000 

Mineral  water 266,315  gals.  19.998 

Petroleum    5.409.392  bbLs.  3.513.192 

Rubble    343.076  tons  145.433 

Salt 10.000  tons  30.000 

Sand  (gla.ss)   1.800  tons  14,400 

Silver   2 

$5,565,413 

MARIN     COUNTY. 

Brick   4,500  M  $105,000 

:Macadani    10  tons  10 

ilincral  water 47,500  gals  5,075 

Rubble   132,000  tons  67.000 

$177,085 

MADERA    COUNTY. 

Cojiper   5.000  lb.s.  $635 

Gold    14.716 

Granite   142.622  eu.  ft.  111.380 

Macadam   360  tons  360 

Rubble    181.817  tons  5,476 

Silver 403 

$132,970 


IncUulf's  sold  antl  silver  in   Lassen.   Modoc  and  Colus 


(2.S) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


MARIPOSA    COUNTY. 
Gold     

Macadam   

Silver   


MENDOCINO    COUNTY. 
Hric'k     

JIaeadam   

^Mineral  water  .... 


MERCED   COUNTY.* 

Hriek   

(Jold    

Silver   


MONO    COUNTY. 
Gold     

Silver   


MONTEREY    COUNTY. 

Rriek   

Sand  (irla.ss)    

Gold   

Gypsiua  


QCANTirT. 

78.037  tons 


l.")ii  .M 

;-!.(10l)  ton.s 

4.').! Mill   -ills 


70(1  .M 


300  .M 
6.406  tons 


6,000  tons 


Value. 

^396.465 

62.430 

2,720 

$461,624 

$1,500 
1,200 
9,000 

$11,700 

$6,300 
228.492 


$235,364 

$354,909 
37.792 

$392,701 

$2,900 

4,872 

333 

34,576 


MONTEREY    COUNTY— Ccintil 

Rubble    

Infusorial  earth   

Lime 

Limestone   

Mineral  water 

JIaeadam   

Quicksilver 

Silver 


83,384  ton.s 
500  tons 
50.006  bbls. 
10.658  tons 
10.000  gals. 
20,446  tons 
1  tiask 


NAPA    COUNTY. 

Macadam  . . .  . 
Sliueral  water 
Quicksilver  .  . 
Rubble    


46.986  tons 

123.072  crals. 

1,625  tla.sks 

231.220  tons 


NEVADA    COUNTY. 

Gold   

Granite    

Macadam   

Rubble    

Silver   


1.250  eu.  ft. 
1.304  tons 
1,448  tons 


Vau-e. 

$33,023 

3,500 

62,507 

45,678 

2.000 

10.328 

49 


$199,771 


$40,228 
96.279 
80.535 
98,408 

$315,450 


$2,660,235 

2,800 

571 

1.303 

24.926 

$2,689,835 


'  Merced  and  Stanislaus  gold  and  silver  combined. 


(20) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


ORANGE   COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Brick  4,090  M 

Clay    2,617  ton.s 

Macadam  67,900  ton.s 

Petroleum 4,270,967  bbls. 


PLACER   COUNTY. 

Asbesto.s 60  tons 

Brick  2,083  M 

Clav   45,300  tons 

Gold -. 

Granite   82,637  cu.  ft. 

Lime 24.322  bbls. 

Rubble   148.346  tons 

Silver 


PLUMAS    COUNTY. 

(iold   

Granite    1,000  cu.  ft. 

Manganese 3  tons 

Silver   


.•f;20,650 

26,170 

23,665 

;,690,709 


$2,761,194 


$6,000 

52,300 

35,250 

281,372 

156,968 

25.864 

46,815 

1,492 

$606,061 


$157,491 

2,000 

75 

587 

$160,153 


RIVERSIDE  COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Asbestos 3  tons 

Brick  22,037  M 

"  Clay   86,028  tons 

Copper 8,000  lbs. 

Gold   

Granite   69.158  cu.  ft. 

Gvpsum   400  tons 

Lime 3,000  bbls. 

Macadam  29,872  tons 

Magnesite   324  tons 

Mineral  water 30,000  gals. 

Paving  blocks 855  M 

Rubble   34,541  tons 

Silver   


Value. 

$300 

265,550 

97,971 

1,016 

186 

52,665 

2,000 

3,000 

32,072 

3.888 

3.000 

37,090 

53,195 

24 


$551,957 


SACRAMENTO     COUNTY. 

Gold    .$1,669,814 

Granite    31.660  en.  ft.  23,745 

Macadam   301,333  tons  234,182 

Natural  gas 60,000  M  cu.  ft.         60,000 

Rubble    6,143  tons  1.028 

Silver 2.856 

$1,991,625 


(30) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


SAN    BENITO   COUNTY.                               Quantity.  Value. 

Mcicadam   203,048  tons  .$83,709 

Mineral  water 3,120  gals.  1,560 

Quicksilver 8,900  flasks  440,241 

$525,510 

SAN    BERNARDINO    COUNTY. 

Brick  1.709  M  $11,966 

Clav   300  tons  3,000 

Copper 316,300  lbs.  40,418 

Gems   200 

C4old   40.071 

Granite    5,804  cu.  ft.  8.174 

Gvpsuni   12,500  tons  43.000 

Lead 310,200  lbs.  13,254 

Limestone  22,197  tons  41,395 

Jlacadam   28.602  tons  27,657 

jMarble   50,000  cu.  ft.  125,000 

Paving  blocks  333  ]M  14.985 

Rubble   113,831  tons  122.961 

Salt 3,500  tons  14,000 

Silver 12,570 

$518,651 

SAN     DIEGO    COUNTY. 

Brick  5,844  :\1  $38,946 

Gems  125,000 

Gold   12,812 


SAN    DIEGO    COUNTY— I  •..iUiniiccl.  Quantity. 

Macadam   54,518  tons 

ilineral  water 10.210  gals. 

Rubble   1,893  tons 

Salt 15,000  tons 

Silver   

SAN    FRANCISCO    COUNTY. 

Asphalt    850  tons 

Brick  31,430  M 

Macadam   78,303  tons 

Rubble    96,958  tons 

SAN    JOAQUIN     COUNTY. 

Brick  8,088  M 

Natural  gas 71,883  ]\I  cu.  ft. 

SAN    LUIS    OBISPO    COUNTY. 

Asphalt  4,500  tons 

Bituminous  rock 2.731  tons 

Brick  2.245  M 

Mineral  water 4,000  gals. 

Petroleum 30,000  bbls. 

Quicksilver  317  flasks 

Rubble    700  tons 


Value. 

$32,389 
12,022 

1,121 
60,000 

1.721 

$284,011 

$9,800 

221,332 

64,471 

85,911 

$381,514 

$242,634 
149,063 

$391,697 

$55,000 

6,369 

19,605 

1,000 

15,000 

15,510 

400 

$112,884 


(31) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


SAN     MATEO    COUNTY.  QUANTirv.  V.\[,UE. 

Hrifk  1,34G  .M  .+.38,405 

Gems  500 

Limestone   120,306  tou.s  96,245 

Macadam   100.154  tons  90,221 

Salt 22,100  tons  95.400 

$320,771 

SANTA  BARBARA  COUNTY. 

Asphalt  200  tons  .$2,488 

Brick  990  M  9,180 

Limestone  4.849  tons  6,619 

Mineral  water 155.400  gals.  22.200 

Macadam   8.568  tons  4,146 

Natural  ^as 768,000  M  eu.  ft.  394,621 

Petroleum    8.116.788  bbls.  4.069.661 

Rubble   1,104  tons  1.170 

Sandstone  31,120  cu.  ft.  10,648 

.$4,520,733 

SANTA    CLARA    COUNTY. 

Brick  6.000  U  $30,000 

Lime 1,000  bbls.  1,000 

Limestone  2,221  tons  4,150 

Magnesite   300  tons  3,000 

Macadam   74,068  tons  75.916 

Mineral  water 373.367  gals.  40.754 

Petroleum 63,780  bbls.  76.536 

Quicksilver  3,747  tlasks  158.490 

$389,846 


SANTA    CRUZ    COUNTY.                             Quantity.  Value. 

Bilnminous  rock 31.392  tons  .$110,067 

Clay 63,541  tons  13.800 

Lime 228.875  bbls.  296,785 

Limestone  3,457  tons  5,273 

Macadam   23,121  tons  20,717 

$446,642 

SHASTA    COUNTY. 

Hrick   3.500  M  $23,500 

C'hrome   205  tons  3.517 

Copper 58.665.447  lbs.  7.581.115 

Gold   1,600.489 

Iron  ore 108  tons  174 

Lead 2,145  tons  92 

Lime 8,650  bbls.  8.000 

Limestone  129,560  tons  134.595 

Macadam   4.650  tons  4.688 

Mineral  water 100.000  gals.  20.000 

Pyrites 449,762  tons  1,349,286 

Silver 735,460 

$11,460,916 

SIERRA    COUNTY. 

Gold   $189,672 

Silver 957 


$190,629 


(32) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


SISKIYOU    COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Gokl     

Lead  3,360  lbs. 

Lime 100  bbls. 

Rubble   500  tons 

Lime.stone  2,225  tons 

IMacadam   30.874  tons 

Pumice  stone 50  tons 

:\rineral  water 500.000  gals. 

Sandstone  1.050  cu.  ft. 

Silver 

SOLANO    COUNTY. 

Brick  1,600  M 

Clay    5.600  tons 

Mineral  water 32.650  gals. 

Natural  gas 7.538  M  en.  ft. 

Paving  blocks 309  M 

Rubble   206,635  tons 

Salt  ..  ..^ 100  tons 

SONOMA    COUNTY. 

Brick  6,500  M 

Claj' 550  tons 

Granite  5,877  eu,  ft. 


.+416 


,160 
144 
300 
500 
,200 
,528 
500 
,000 
750 
145 


$438.: 


$20, 
11 


I. 

13 

163 


000 
200 
490 
538 
505 
308 
200 


$221,241 

$29,000 
5,500 
4.702 


SONOMA    COUNTY— Continui-.l.  Quantity. 

Macadam   454,155  tons 

^Mineral  water 104,(100  gals. 

Paving  blocks 3.006  M 

Quicksilver  344  flasks 

Rubble   32.028  tons 

STANISLAUS  COUNTY.* 

Brick   .").Oii(l  .M 

Gold*    

]\Iacadam   100  tons 

^Mineral  paint   285  tons 

Silver*    

TRINITY     COUNTY. 
( iold     

Quicksilver  1  !)7  flasks 

Silver   

TEHAMA   COUNTY. 

Mineral  water 5,000  gals. 

Salt 2  tons 


Value. 

$158,473 

21,350 

134,223 

14.226 

22,318 

$389,792 

$50,000 

225 

2.225 


$52,450 

$520,046 
7,915 
2,302 

$530,263 

$500 
300 


•  Gold  and  silver  combined  witli  Merced. 

3— riti..r,o 


(33) 


COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  AND  VALUE— 1909. 


TULARE  COUNTY.                                       Quantity.  Value. 

Brick  (i,(;20  I\r  i|;42,400 

Copper 2,803  lbs.  36(1 

Natural  gas 36.5  M  cu.  ft.  185 

Gems   58,000 

Magnesite   6,468  tons  47,200 

$148,145 

TUOLUMNE    COUNTY. 

Chrome   30  tons  $180 

Copper 9,086  lbs.  1,154 

Gold  925,703 

Lime... 60,000  bbls.  60,000 

Limestone  15,057  tons  28,942 

Marble    27,600  eii.  ft.  107,400 

Silver _„4A^i 

.$1,127,763 

VENTURA    COUNTY. 

Brick  1,275  M  .$7,625 

Macadam   149,591  tons  56,845 

Natural  gas 1,721  il  cu.  ft.  2,151 

Petroleum    344,419  bbls.  223,872 

Rubble   208,228  tons  87,381 

$377,874 


YUBA    COUNTY.  QUANTITY. 

Brick   550  M 

Gold   

Macadam  14,273  tons 

Silver 


Value. 

$6,600 

2,469,865 

5.650 

4,156 

$2,486,271 


UNAPPORTIONED. 

Borax  $1,163,960 

Brick  63,491 

Cement 4,969,437 

Chrome  1.280 

Coal  216,913 

Copper 6,672 

Glass  (sand)   600 

Lead   34 

Platinum   10,400 

Soapstone 280 

Soda   11,593 

Tungsten 190,500 


$6,6.35,160 


(31). 


MINERAL  PRODUCTS  BY  COUNTIES,  1900-1909,  SUBSTANCES  AND  VALUES/ 


That  full  justice  may  be  given  to  all  mineralized  counties  in  California,  the  California  State  Mining  Bureau  pub- 
lishes herewith,  covering  a  series  of  years,  the  total  values  of  and  details  of  mineral  production,  giving  to  the  several 
counties  their  proper  share  of  that  which  had  been,  heretofore,  placed  under  the  general  heading  of  "  unapportioned. " 
This  will  enable  all  counties  to  use  this  publication  properly,  for  promotion  purposes,  and,  it  is  obvious,  to  their  legiti- 
mate and  large  advantage.  'In  the  annual  bulletins  the  use  of  the  "unapportioned"  column  is  still  necessary  and  will 
be  so  always.  But  there  is  no  reason  why  the  various  richly  mineralized  portions  of  the  State  should  not  have  theii 
mineral  wealth  known,  as  representing  the  output  of  a  period,  and  it  is  and  will  be  the  purpose  of  this  Bureau  to  spread 
information  of  this  kind  as  widely  as  possible,  for  the  purpose  of  enlightening  those  who  are  seeking  for  mining  invest- 
ments or  places  in  which  to  place  their  capital  in  plants  for  the  production  of  such  minerals  as  are  common  to  a  large 
ma.jority  of  California  countie-s.  The  Bureau  believes  that  the  detailed  statements  will  prove  of  value  to  all  localities  and 
to  the  State  of  T'alifornia  as  a  whole. 

In  1894  the  California  State  Mining  Bureau  began  to  keep  a  record,  based  on  the  individual  returns  of  producers, 
of  the  annual  mineral  output  of  this  State.     The  work  is  now  widened  in  its  scope. 


"Unapportioned"  is  not  given  by  years,  as  such  segregation  would  reveal  private  business  in  many  instances. 


(3-,) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


ALAMEDA    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1004. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907.                1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

' 

$14,400 

$143,376 

10,800 

595 

44,822 

$241,475 
140,000 

$40,000             $67,130             $60,000 

$82,400 

$90,000 

$95,500 

Chrome    

Clay      

10,000 

14,299 

205,194 

332,066 

262,272             203.550 

'2,162 

52 

15,000 
193,498 

107,551 

180 

1,800 

106,576             185,295 
1,100                     50O 
4,365                 7,140 

241,357 

441,587 

465,653 
24,000 
4,680 
70,782 

300,478 

33,300 

900 
62,992 
42,824 
76,340 

88,500 

7,204 

143,605 

63,958 
7,442 
54,200 

56.000  '            54,410 
•27,545  ,             50,881 

40,516 
39,730 
214,808 

625 

Salt   -._ 

158,674 

108,694 
625 
48 

Sand  (glass)      

1 

$233,032 

Totals  

$639,771 

$.514,413 

ft.    T«,    jwf. 

«!   9fifl  ion 

$874,075 

$1,182,201 

$8,460,903 

ALPINE    COUNTY. 

$1,319  ' 

1 

Gold  

$2,701 
146 

$4,827 
145 

$575 

1 

Silver 

2.860  ;              3,770 

I 

$5,465 
$55,735 

Totals   

$27,747             $14,129 

$2,847 

$4,972  J                $.575 

"I                                "1'                "1" 

AMADOR  COUNTY. 

1 

j 

$1,000                   $200 
61 ,600               28,672 
25.369  1            32,724 

Brick  .    1 

.$7,000 
7,100 

1 

Claiy 

$9,100 
41.215 

$19,460             $10,770 

$20,000  1          $28,119             $13,992 

Coal __ 

30,000               10,912 
8,190              14,620 

Copper  34,100 

900  1              1,400 

1,560  1             i.669                1,020 

3,440  1            36.641 

332 

(36) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


AMADOR 

COUNTY— Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904.               1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$750 
2,060,573 

_ 

Gold  _ -_ 

$1,373,788 

$1,823,827 

$1,629,151 

$1,609,744 

$2,445,815 

$2,260,376 

$2,116,182 

$1,876,173 

40 

960 

1,375 

$2,298,785  , 

1,700 

1,500 

1,200 

1,440    

1.200 

Marble 

SUver - 

5,891 
■      14,915 

4,630 

7,444 

8,016 
2.686 

5.379 
4,336 

6,558 
4,055 

3,9.50 
17,930 

1 

14,579 

13,515 

13,239 

16,701 

$;fl8l4-22 

Totals   _-- 

$1,479,009 

$1,888,191 

$1,679,U3 

$1,639,819 

$2,065,806 

$2,490,755 

1^,305,943 

$2,145,909 

$1,983,197 

$2,415,395 

$20,431,559 

BUTTE    COUNTY. 

Briclj  __: 

Gold 

Lime  

$485^589" 
600 

$7,200 

864,978 

1,500 

$5,000 

916,782 

750 

$7,200 

1,571,507 

250. 

250. 

$4,020 
1,932,552 

$3,200 
2,607,500 

$1,300 
3,016,747 

1 

$1,200 
2,987,079 

$2,786,840 

$3,139,398 

'       '                 1  .       

7.916 
2.450 

32,140 
1,400 

1,515 

1,455 

1,500 

1,550 
•210 
358 

1,512 
1,000 
2,302 

1,500 
1,770 
7,134 

1,950 

475 
10,833 

2,140 

Silver 

13,082 

4,634 

2,219 

8,967 

12.708 

7,205 

$107,170 

Totals  

$500,786 

!i«79.767 

$926,251 

$1,581,325 

$1,941,386 

$2,621,104 

$3,031,325 

$2,797,947 

$3,162,742 

$3,029,024 

$20,578,557 

CALAVERAS    COUNTY. 

1 

$375 

100 

414,399 

1,789,184 

5, .500 

$300 

300 

572,022 

1,836,816 

$280 

50 

956,315 

1,644,234 

$840 

250 

009,20? 

1,097,974 

$250 

555,704 

1,378,511 

$300 

690,632 

1,440,5U 

Copper  

Gold    ._ 

$150,583 
1,649.126 

$268,000 
2,024,685 

$251,062 
2,072,939 

$297,263 
1.904,125 

7,633 

16,9.53 

31,446 
250 

11,987 

3,800 

500 

778 

1,000 

250 

3,583 
18,000 
80,762 

Quartz   crystals    

Silver    .    

17,300 
44,687 

10,000 
54,420 

10,000 
62.727 

46,234 

68,280 

65,611 

74,009 

7i,4i8 

$50.07.) 

Totals   - 

$1,905,856 

$2,355,372 

$2,371,013 

$2,970,668 

$2,275,554 

$2,415,627 

$2,682,863 

$1,789,642 

$2,038,888 

$2,215,048 

$22,370,606 

(37) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


COLUSA   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1003.                 1904.                  1005. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$2,160 
1,800 

$1,800 

1 

Gold 

$850 

$734 

3,560 

51,233 

648 

$578 

850 

88,000 

900 

1 

$75,000 
545 
620 

$12,350 
1,500 

20,220 
10,675 

79,698 
26,100 

$85,900 
21,708 

38,051 
16,526 
1,260 

$12,321 

Rubble 

80 

270 
80,082 

3% 
87,456 

312,500 

$170 
101,802 

240 

79,259 

8 

125 

43,971 

6 

290,000             276,908 

24.634 

$104,508 

$1,927,597 

$13,930 

$115,107 

$194,500 

$420,468 

$347,807           $289,464 

$101,972 

$134,622 

$134,430 

$100,799 

CONTRA   COSTA   COUNTY. 

$217870 
403,564 

$123,500 

335,737 

7,500 

$222,105 
268,122 

Brick 

$11,600 

$16,000 

$67,495 

$73,948 

$169,022 

$145,000 

$100,000 

31,160 
3.645 

4,500 
22,500 

10.359 

13.925 
43,500 
61,620 

1,413 
43,038 
210,260 

15.468 

42,837 
139,182 
10.590 
94.600 

18,282 

26,  W7 

5,470 

210,000 

18,750 
19,000 
14,310 

75.025 

1,900 

1,900 

8,736 

19,600 

Rubble    

4.500 

$693,392 

$146,900 

$101,900 

$55,141 

$62,500 

$129,914 

$197,493 

$244,047 

$680,135 

$726,536 

$792,904 

$3,830,862 

DEL   NORTE   COUNTY. 

$9,984 
3.488 

$3,085 
1,610 

Gold 

$3,483 

$10,612 

$5,450 

$7,183 

$7,399 
18 

$10,590 
22 



$5,945 

$878 

Silver    .. 

33 

3 

19 

62 

$20,000 

$3,483 

$10,612 

$5,450 

$7,183 

$7,417 

$10,612 

$5,978 

$881 

$13,491 

$4,747 

$89,854 

(38) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


EL    DORADO   COUNTY. 

Substances . 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907.                1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$162 

$2,625 
24,960 
384,735 
6,946 
5,775 

$1,000 

$500 

368,541 

6,000 

$319 
335,031 
16,176 

$122 
319,177 
10,198 
15,318 

$83 
342,033 

20,192 

$292,036 
11,000 

$277,304 
7,000 

474,994 
7,075 

431,746 
21,138 

$238,284 
$14,591 

1,600 
8,000 

530 

5,645 
45,660 
1,299 

26,250 
25,129 

38,250 
5,977 

30,000 
52 

50,000 

40,000 
2,525 

100,000 
2,690 

60,6o6 
2,301 

60,000 
5,504 

Unapportioned    

: 

$251,820 
$4,394,302 

$426,420 

$347,263 

$381,578 

$284,304 

$532,231 

$467,566 

$556,574 

$413,116 

$427,412  1        $306,009 

1 

FRESNO    COUNTY. 

$10,068 

$6,948 

$5,500 

$4,400 

R  ftim'n    nc  "rni^t     ~~ 

Rrinlr 

$35,062             $35,000 

$45,000 

68,000 

32,400  1           $60,000 

$64,000 

$51,350 

106,960 
26,000 

49,375 

oiay     , 

182,648 
21,462 

345,000 
54,427 

319 
7,809 

224,640 
40,037 

88,000 
8,493 

50,000 
2,401 
10,500 

111,341 
17.539 
14,400 
14,000 
8,500 

Gold 22,316 

21,538 
11,000 

1,054 
16,900 

^           ..     , 

_ 

120 

2,400 

1,520,847 

4 

4,000 

5,142 
263,444 

4,500 
199,931 
21,200 

7,200 

730,673 

111 

2,400,300 
9,187 

1,974,470 
83 

3,620,120 
26 

5,898,964 
11 

9,243,971 
8,503 

Silver '                479 

$268"5S4 

unapportioneo   _      . 

$609,847 

$480,696 

$670,058 

$848,628 

$1,570,847 

$2,734,164 

$2,135,046 

$3,740,397 

$6,055,389 

$9,472,029 

$28,585,635 

GLENN    COUNTY. 

$49,000 

$49,000 

(39) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


HUMBOLDT    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$7,100 
109.444 

$7,810 
98,487 

$17,040 
60,015 

$10,443 
38,509 

$21,350 
02,061 

$7,600 
45,284 

$8,690 
48.295 

$1,400 
40.109 

$8,585 
33.066 
1,280 
13,074 

$9,750 
25,690 

Gold 

1 

29,170 

2,000 

2,000 

•2,500 

300 
7,650 

362 

140 

204 

555 
240 

.Silver 

283 

128 

214 

325 

94 

$20,985 

$742,774 

-     ^  -    - 

$118,827 

$108,425 

$79,555 

$49,316 

$83, -551 

$53,628 

$57,780 

$41,723 

$56,330 

$72,654 

IMPERIAL    COUNTY. 

1 

$10,000 

$22,2.W 

51 

5.848 

123 

$20,000 

Gold     

»,705 
324 

.Silver  

Totals   

i                          ' 

$10,000 

$28,272 

$80,229 

$118,501 

INYO    COUNTY. 

- 

!         ""  "   1 

•1703 
13,901 

$36,394 

126 

74,397 

9,013 

$26,400 
3. 098 

66,04.-1 
3,420 

20,000 
2,400 

18,200 

$1,349 
lfi2,406 
24,040 

$3,252 
150,474 
5,270 
3,000 
800 
7,122 

$23,649 
135,959 
16,247 
17,000 

$800 
19,449 
11,857 
4.800 

$1,356 
57,241 
13,09<i 
4,0(X> 

$9.38 
308,873 
28,244 

.$5,073 
457,846 
131,199 

Gold _ 

213,655 
38,840 

Lead    - 

Marble   

.Salt    __ 

Silver    

113,493 
50,000 

50,573 
400,000 

14,484 
50,000 

29,741 

13,358 

44,440 

30,900 

47.117 

Soda    

Zinc 

8,598 

UnaiMiortioiied _ 

$1,417,217 

Totals 

.W30,589 

$668,618 

$184,414 

$13U,.5(i3 

$169,918 

$222,596 

$50,264 

$128,731 

$368,935 

$641,235 

$4,417,100 

PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


KERN    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$8,350 
43.126 

1 

$14,020 

$101,900 

*100.787 

63. 

30.000 

$124,110 

$105,860 

$231,360 

$260,158 

$475,000 

$655,391 

Brick  _    

17,300 

23.400 

24,300 

4.900 

6.000 
54 

34.200 
752 

18.428 

19.552 

29,634 

Clay    -  -    —    .    — 

Copper  

Fullers'   earth   

Gold 

750 

3.750 

805,252 

67.606 

19.500 

1,007,059 

27.112 

19.246 

1.165.982 

8,000 

550_ 

4.750 

1.022,353 

8,000 

9.500 
1.426.523 

5,385 

654,799 

8,300 

300 

174 

2,714 

88,869 

1.160,971 

n.ooo 

806,117 

87i.798 
5.500 

827,087 
2.000 

Lead   

51,700 

82.700 

80,856 

76, 2 JO 

172,000 

255.500 

44.000 

3,174.966 

134.944 
18,800 

267.096 

153,003 

16.819 

4,673,867 

86.033 

87.788 

827,348 
147,736 

1.131,616 
40.497 

1,955,585 
99.135 

3,600,230 
114,614 

3,431,408 

151,189 



3,765,200 
129,503 
183,600 

9.388.935 
96,550 

12,565.246 
101.633 

Silver . 

$859,927 

Totals  

_ 

$1,867,856 

$2,423,918 

$3,481,926 

$4,957,602 

$5,319,630 

$4,912,095 

$5,417,828 

$6.0»2,606 

$10,896,912 

$14,112,645 

$60,342,945 

KINGS   COUNTY. 

Brick 

$5,000 

$5,000 

$19,000 

$24,200 

$23,300 

$24,000 
9,000 

.^20.000 

$8,000 
1,000 

.i--24 ,000 

1,000 

400 

$8,300 

2.000 

300 

100 

360 

Fullers'   earth 

Mineral  paint  __ 

Natural  gas 

' 

$10,500 

Totals  

_.._ 

$5,000 

$5,000 

$19,000 

i?24,200 

.«23,30O 

$33,000 

$20,000 

$9,000 

$25,400 

$11,260 

$185,660 

$i-20^360' 
211,324 

""'$i26~(i63 

LA 

KE    COUNTY. 

Mineral  water 

Quicksilver  

Fnapportioncd     ._ 

$45^406' 
127,34.5 

.iii87^62i' 
106. :«7 

"'  '"$22i~006~ !  """$2i9;566" 
109,719              51,937 

' 

$160^066" 

38.909 

""$1361936" 
30.604 

$10,000 
118,300 
.■M,951 

$108,270 
06.277 

' ^^423 

Totals   

SI  72,745 

$331,684 

$288.2,"!1 

$204,018 

.?:i30,719           $271,437 

$198,009 

$101,. ■;40 

$183.2.'n 

?1«4,547 

.«.  42.5. 304 

PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


LASSEN    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

Gold  — 

$19,807 
676 

$5,900 
200 

$23,410 
244 

$91,102 
1.203 

$116,993 
1,515 

$7,284 
783 

$116,327 
1,463 

Silver  .    

$217,521 

$20,483 

$6,100 

$23,654 

$92,305 

$118,508 

• 

$8,067 

$117,790 

$604,428 

LOS  ANGELES  COUNTY. 

$100,000 
275,925 

$152,838 
264.825, 

$171,904 
335,670 

$332,600 

706.334 

1.175. 

115 

$307,068 
767,827 

$119,430 
853,810 

$269,200 
826,831 

$353,423 
895,272 

$250,000 
800.163 

1,195,892 ■ 

Clay                      

10,776 

390 

890 

5.000 

16.066 

34.250 

20.566 
169 

55.274 

26,688 

8.500 
16.000 

9,500 

2,658 
8,674 

4,254 
12,402 

14,400' '_....-- 

864    

Gold  -         

5,508 

10.312 
17,500 
35.500 

7,209 
3,500 

15.035 

10,000 

38.441 

43,500 

69,000 
200 

50.000 

75.000 

50,000  K... - 

360 

504 

Lead     —    -       

10.000 

18,000 

20.000 
5,000 

23,625 
3,000 

J 

5,800 

23.000 

26,000 

13,750 

21,250 

22,000 

542,078 

Marble     

6,00& 

300 

5.500 

7.084 

31,250 

5,128 

35,100 

42.857 

19,998    ? 

1,600 

1,062,038 

53,729 

19,950 

^: 

1.722,887 
18,552 

1,075,868 

75.547 

180 

1.294.866 

104,435 

20,000 

9,734 

800 

22 

10,124 

1.289.910 
62,576 
24.480 
13,145 
2.310 
73 
2,315 
2,315. 

1,056,188 
47,025 
20,000 
9,950 

908,800 

176,559 

36,000 

9,540 

2.633.541 
13,279 
36,000 
19.076 
3,000 

4,082,052 
56,540 
48,000 
2,000 

3,613,192  f 
146,433 

Rubble 

Salt 

30,000 

3,750 
2,000 

80O 

Silver    —                    —    - 

100 

1,694 

2 

-- 

119 

$842,630 

Totals  _ 

$2,155,198 

$1,642,691 

$1,097,932 

$2,549,128 

$2,529,694 

$2,234,354 

$2,345,202 

$4,110,985 

$5,978,464 

$5,565,413       S 

31,651,491 

(42) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


MADERA   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$3,000 
77,500 
104,134 
80,000 

$3,000 
17,077 
82,749 
294,799 

$1,840 
2,139 
35,1-28 
78,041 

$972 

4,680 

93,070 

389,820 

$3,750 
1,313 
75,303 
98,083 

$12,500 

379 

13,303 

93,372 

47 

$2,250 
15,454 
45,107 
123.668 
84 

S6E5 
14.716 
111,380 

$50,867 
123,106 
10,014 

$22,390 
176,416 

Lead 

1,000 

1,000 
500 

25 

360 

5,476 

403 

600 
2,600 

4,000 
3 

2.140 
1,264 

3,833 

3 

508 

500 

$65,000 

Totals 

§268,467 

$400,825 

$121,151 

$489,525 

$178,974 

$183,987 

$199,314 

$120,107 

$189,967 

$132,970 

$2,350,287 

MARIN   COUNTY. 

Brick        .... 

$200,000 

$100,240 
825 

$97,700 
2,150 

$78,095 
900 

$132,000 

$163,585 
32,250 

$199,300 
53.000 

$118,000 

$50,000 

$105,000 

10 

5,075 

67,000 

12.050 
66,700 

Rubble 

2,500 

27,162 

105,350 
1,400 

139,432 

170.995 

12,000 

300 

134,111 

$42,000 
$2,119,130 

?202,600 

$128,227 

$206,600 

$218,427 

.$302,995 

$207,835 

$252,600 

$252,111 

$128,750 

$177,085 

MARI 

POSA  COUNTY. 

$30,180 

504,928 

3,080 

$11,940 
631,478 

$6,808 
542,355 

$1,466 
429,771 

$1,956 
386.380 

$2,958 
439,862 

9;666" 

Gold    

Lead   . 

$157,663 

$366,394 
3,377 

$105,498 
60 

$396,465 
62^430" 

25 

Bubble   

27,560 
4.732 

Silver 

13.853 

4,787 

3,880 

3,353 

2,839 

5,231 

4,150 

2,729 

"$8^431 

$1,475,619 

Totals 

$461,624 

$171,516 

$542,975 

$647,298 

$552,516 

$434,076 

$393,592 

$369,771 

$400,708 

$484,112 

(43) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


MENDOCINO    COUNTY. 

SubstaDces. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903.                 1904.                  1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

Brick  

Gold    - 

?400 

$2,500 

$2,000 

$5,580 

$3,120 

75 

12,000 

$6,470 

40 

18,000 

$5,000 

19 

9,800 

$4,000 

$2,600 

$1,600 

8,048 

8,220 

7,898 

15,000 

9,800 

9,800 

9,000 
1,200 

1 

$18,000 

Totals 

$8,448 

$10,720 

$9,898 

$20,580 

$15,196 

$24,510 

$14,819 

$13,800 

$12,400 

$11,700 

$160,070 

MERCED     COUNTY. 

$3,500 

$6,000 

$12,500 

$6,300 

70 

182,970 

.36 

1,196 

$6,300 

$12,453 

$1,656 

$780 

$1,135 

Gold 

822 

228,492 



1 

•Silver 

, 

10 

572 

$18>264 

1 

1 

Totals 

$12,453 

$1,656 

$780 

$1,135               $3,500 

$6,000 

$13,332 

$190,572 

$235,364 

$483,066 

MONO   COUNTY. 

$305 

493,355 

3,000 

1,100 

$208. 

334,713 

5,000 

36_ 

Gold  

Lime   

Lead   - 

«070,200 
4,000 
2,000 

$510,596 

2,000 

154 

$268,930 
5,000 

$308,884 
850 

$338,696 

$383,971 

$413,946 

$354,909 

5,575 
26,134 

• 

Silver  -— 

75,921 

25,091 

36,548 

20,067 

2,956 

11,240 

13,151 

29,797 

37,792 

$106,772 

Totals 

$752,121 

$522,911 

$549,208 

$360,024 

$272,735 

$320,124 

$351,849 

$413,768 

$445,655 

$392,701 

$4,944,612 

MONTEREY    COUNTY. 

Asphalt   — 

$1,488 
1,600 

Briek  

i?i,eoo 



$3,838 

$2,900 

Coal - 

$1,000 

$24,000 
8,178 
1,076 

$12,225 
6,860 

$4,967                 7,272               $8,121 
8,920                 6,941                 4,000 

$1,125 
625 

5,120 
1,318 
8,000 

4,872 

333 

34,576 

Gold _. 

13,800 

^ 





(44) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


MONTEREY 

COUNTY— Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904.                  1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$400 
30,»X)0 

$3,300 
62,507 
43,678 
10,328 
2,000 
49 
33,023 
5 

Lime   

Limestone    _-_ 

?io,sco 

s!13,73C) 
7,50(1 
2,303 
3,230 

?13,20O 

"966" 

1,750 

$23,400 
9,000 
2,300 
1,250 

$3,240 
21,500 

$10,000 

$123,000 

$30,000 

31,727 

4,000 

1,666 

1,000 

12,000 

12,000 

296 

2,773 

6,366 

4,300 

18 

8B7 

3 

9 

9 

$344,789 

, 

"     " 

?19,17o 

$30,169 

$39,233 

$31,436 

$43,041 

$23,121 

$64,153 

$146,263 

$100,308 

$199,771 

$1,081,479 

NAPA    COUNTY. 

S4S5.l5.i'>          —    _.     _- 

1                            I 

$6,690 

$8,496 

,                            1 

$315 

78 

104,730 

199.386 

3,704 

$73,393 

$40,228 

117,400 
72,200 
403,300 

11 ,622 
10!),9(10 
388,176 

430 

97,048 

304,474 

300 

915 

124,000 

333,006 

3.375 

889.500 

171 .910 

300 

$90,500 
86,870 

$io:?,600 

95.400 
3.000 

101,090 
98,912 
3,333 

96,279 
80,535 
98,408 

_       __     ____ 

$3,151,182 

Totals  

1 

$493,100 

$516,.388 

$410,968 

$8.%,84« 

$308,433 

?a61,910 

.$180,147 

$202,000 

$278,730 

$315,450 

$7,015,156 

NEVADA   COUNTY. 

?2D,472 
1,812,036 

$6,235 
2,121,054 

«.975 

2,142,740 

3,000 

?583 

2,4.58.047 

4.160 

1 

$4,418 

2,162,083 

9,300 

$4,104 

2,297,963 

2,100 

23 

1,387 

Gold 

Granite    .— 

$3,130,304       $3,179,715 
5,395                 2,370 

$2,658,420 
9.30O 

$2,666,235 
2,800 

1 

1     - 

571 

1 

20 

17,550 

429 

Bubble 

1 

366 
21,914 

1,303 
24,926 

08,841 

18,122 

0,124 

3.252 

9,iS5  1            .^2,523 

24,219 

17,505 

$400~6a0 

T.it.lls 

" 

51,916,899 

12,145,840 

$2,153,839 

$2,466,044 

$3,145,254  1    $3,214,828 

$2,691,939 

$2,193,306 

$2,327,793 

$2,689,835 

$25,347,677 

(43) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


ORANGE   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904.                  1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909.        Grand  total. 

1 

$13,000 

$9,000 

$11,800 
14,581 

$13,500  1          $26,000 

$20,450 
18,600 

$20,650 
26,170 

12,900 

Co^a^ $2,250 

$1,500 

"*" 

193 

Gold 2,407 

4,000 
250 

$250 

150 

1,303 

534 

3,005 

2,632,517 

23,665 
2,690,709 

254,397 
120 

181.591 

824,492 

1,016,285 

1,144,542 
200 

711,633 
250 

1,194,000  1       1,456,050 

2,000 

$72,586 
$12,307,530 

$259,174 

$187,341 

$824,742 

$1,029,435 

$1,153,742 

$738,264 

$1,220,400 

$1,485,646 

$2,575,106 

$2,761,194 

PLACER    COUNTY. 

$2,600 

$3,500 

$5,000 
46,300 
11,500 

$6,000 
52,300 
35,250 

$15,000 

$15,000 

1,764 

900,745 

89,874 

$15,000 

368 

843,.ii66 

105.377 

$15,000 

520 

570,571 

181,661 

9,000 

4,000 

3,750 

$16,100 
76,500 
778,355 
110,371 

$10,000 
57,291 
597,793 

15,000 
38,600 

20,000 

986,156 
95,869 

482,772 
94,459 
11,430 
79,708 

368,096 

157,992 

1,710 

281,372 
156,968 
25,864 

66,030 
11,950 

T  ^            "   " 

8,737 

j!       . ' 

M    pflHnTTl 

Macaaam        .      -           _ 

600 

Pliifiniim 

280 
1,968_ 
13,119 
1,116 

375 

36 

12 

jriatmum  ---- 

19.800 
12,058 

12,973 
4,828 

.50,435 
3,341 

13,077 
9,320 

22,779 
'!,041 

5.100 

24,263 
3,358 

20,477 
2,194 

46,815 
1.492 

$862^362 

$1,128,882 

$1,025,184 

$1,018,487 

$800,985 

$1,001,098 

$798,644 

$139,192 

$719,550 

$603,269 

$606,061 

$8,706,714 

(4(i) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


PLUMAS   COUNTY. 

.Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

S247 
424,112 

$157 
283,810 

Gold  .    

$365,210 

$401,284 

$380,686 

$270,439 

$229,350 

$219,355 

$254,737 

$157,491 
2,000 

5,000 
25 

10 

40 

25 

30 

25 

1,055 

25 

75 

4,159 

2,508 

517 

510 

464 

530 

948 

3,560 

687 

$75,575 

$369,379 

$403,832 

$381,203 

$424,894 

$270,903 

$284,497 

$230,460 

$225,328 

$258,322 

$160,153 

$3,084,546 

RIVERSIDE    COUNTY. 

$1,250 

$4,400 

$100 

$300 

$2,400 
71,380 
49,232 

28,842 
16,080 
15,000 

89,787 
16,624 
7,000 

$114,165 
18,920 
3,000 

$164,020 
65,332 

$69,195 
67,970 

$92,140 
59,712 

$102,000 
174,713 

74,086 
89,752 

265,550 
97,971 

Clay 

Coal  - 

too 

50 

3,836 

134,522 

2,816 

1,016 

1 

2,500 
35,690 
92,300 

2,500 
4,432 
43,935 

Gold - 

149,292 
67,600 

109,747 
51,900 
3,000 

47,947 

37,459 

500 

13,453 
48,975 

7,488 
195,364 

5,884 
151,901 

lfi6 
52,665 
2,000 

1,750 
6,600 

18,000 

21,250 
8,50:) 
22,160 

20,000 

20,000 

20,000 

8,300 
8,000 
25,625 
4,000 

3,000 

17,000 
5,919 

20,500 

16,639 

24,978 

28,150 
1,750 
9,000 

32,OT2 
3,888 

Marble    - __ - 

1,500 

1,500 

2,500 

2,500 

3,000 
37,090 
53,195 

9,360 
40,258 
20,000 

36,000 
45,123 
20,000 

86,030 
113,412 
15,000 

36,000 
215,229 

24,000 
78,725 

55,447 
352,933 

61,454 
209,498 

Rubble   

Salt    

Sand  (quartz)  

Silver 

8,000 

200 

0,848 

12,000 

500 

2,150 

1 

94 

136 

80 

346 

251 

26 

112 

24 

$877,192 

Totals  

$285,112 

$316,608 

$334,622 

$446,449 

$583,386 

$568,369 

$350,673 

$869,197 

$641,528 

$551,957 

$5,031,093 

(IT) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 

SACRAMENTO    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

190L- 

1903. 

lilOl. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

Brick  

Copper  

Gold 

Granite 

Macadam 

$53,400 

176^007" 
3,139 
14,157 
11,750 

$02,180 
316 

229,034 
2.882 
6,763 

$78,198 

$120,000 

$30,000 

$135,000 

$108,000 

$126,624 

$63,491 

425,894 

136 

19,064 

31,200 

335,646 
2,222 
17,225 
30,518 

419,287 
4,458 
21,457 
39,200 

608,382 
1,614 
20,320 
43,. 564 
700 
)2,Q«0 
206 

986,624 
1,779 
17,426 
.^)2,874 
200 
715 
3,040 

790,973 
4,625 
9,736 
52,874 

1,166,055 
44,131 
147,649 
55,000 

$1,669,814 

234,182 
60,000 

1,163 
544 

316 
330 

951 
234 

246 

75 

4,200 
2,034 

3,828 
1,621 

1,028 
2,856 

986 

Tlnannortionpri 

$314,438 

Totals        - 

$259,439 

$302,882 

$655,138 

¥506,796 

$.515,123 
NARDINO 

li!881,&52 
COUNTY. 

$1,171,258 

$993,066 

$1,481,795 

$1,991,625 

$8,973,412 

SAN     BER 

$999,350 

$898,130 
15,000 
159,842 

$2,198,600 

1,800 

273,600 

$495,000. 

4,000 

157,000. 

*17,500 

$13,. 500 

$15,555 

$7,350 

$11,966 

121,000 

3,000 

40,418 

200 

40,071 

8,174 
43,000 
13,254 

Pnnnpr"                " 

297,600 

20,000 

247,949 

5,600 

7,875 

20,000 

399,693 

4,630 

41,008 
11,600 
394,936 

7,852 
10,000 
381,197 

17,270 

$8,206 

(>3,000 

473,893 

5,330 

99,207 

102,856 

71,079 
200 
180,511 
4,029 
70,000 
17,218 

Ppms^ 

595,828 
250 

354,830 
7,173 

-       158,676 
2,948 

400 
3:3,261 
7,067 
13,000 

20 
43,028 
76,710 
3,.'!00 

2,076 
65,832 
51,578 

6,100 
13,600 
19,000 
167,300 

504 
28,692 
04,613 
71.000 
41,600 
14,650 
181,311 

1,822 
8,600 
139,188 
375 
29,946 
28,125 
116,494 

I  ime 

21,500 
42,575 
7,000 
53,400 
10,000 
141,686 

14,740 
51,395 
9,000 
40,000 
28,000 
104,867 

17,14(i 
35,990 
1,825 
25,000 
16,000 
13,478 

1  iInp^tonp 

97,466 
176,096 

500 
29,688 
20,829 

650 

41,395 

27,657 
125,000 

14,985 
122,961 

14,000 

Macadam 

2,500 
42,857 

7,400 
151,447 

2,000 
13,025 

172.759 

57,104 

58,972 

59,199 

19,595 

33,765 
5,500 

81,339 

35,704 

12,570 

1 

1 

$4,035,86S 

Totals   

$1,965,143 

$1,844,239 

$3,308,002 

$1,516,618 

$922,034 

$820,026 

$623,414 

$685,924 

$711,920 

$518,651 

$16,951,887 

(4S) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


SAN     BENITO    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

190B. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$2,472 

] 

$2,630 

$2,820 
16,500 

Lime               

$8,800 

100 

13,000 

3,7150 

180,000 

$15,000 

32,494 

32,500 

500 

279,651 

$8,453 

10,164 

125 

242,300 

$22,000 

150 

306,081 

$23,200 

400 

344,251 

16,500 

^3,000 

3,120 

262,909 

48,661 

2,600 

292,878 

60,400 

2,600 

405,792 

$83,709 

1,560 

440,241 

314,000 

$130,000 

$206,650 

$255,219 

$328,231 

$367,851 

$332,972 

$360,145 

$289,029 

$289,099 

$352,592 

SAN    DIEGO    COUNTY. 

$3,2(il 

$5,791 

$;i,140 

$11,150 

$23,700 

$28,350 
750 

66,000 
109, n2 

10,250 

$34,900 
284,500 

$36,430 

2,659 

206,336 

7,455 

23,650 

52 

$16,719 

$38,946 

500 

335,937 

9,900 

20,000 
413,320 
22,400 

150,000 
338,877 
13,175 

100,000 
461,516 
16,308 

136,000 

334,697 

7,851 

121,600 
6,920 
10,000 

125,000 
12,812 

Gold 

10,250 

11,000 

27,500 

31,880 

27,300 

25,000 

276 

34,583 

32,389 

Marble    

12.000 
2,000 
28,600 
55,000 
35 

3,250 
14,403 

4,000 
19,810 

3,000 
6,887 
9,620 
6,004 

1,289 
14,175 
7,900 
1,994 

3,000 
42,597 

11,772 

2,. 539 

60,000 

86 

12,022 
1,121 

60,000 
1,721 

Rubble    

200,192 

16,507 

49,738 
5,000 

.Salt    

Silver  _._ 

1,444 

100 

10 

$214,634 

Totals   ..    .. 

$402,061 

$514,522 

$562,730 

$663,315 

$727,540 

$231,945 

$384,388 

$374,117 

$264,119 

$284,001 

$4,623,382 

SAN    FRANCISCO  COUNTY. 

Asphalt    

$60,000 
434,140 

$15,000 
345,155 

$9,800 
221,332 

Brick 

$238,800 

$294,326 

$367,911 

$310,685 

$58,289 
10, .500 
54,250 
52,000 

Glass  (sand) 

$1,500 
56,900 

$142,500 
14,447 

110,000 
46,300 

35,450 
473,010 

17,500 
314,720 

79,675 
65,682 

64,988 
32,285 

41,111 

54,148 

64,471 
85,911 

Rubble    _ 

$30,000 

$58,400 

$156,947 

$395,100 

$802,786 

$700,131 

$466,042 

$176,039 

$591,413 

$455,414 

$381,514 

$4,202,786 

(40) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909, 


SAN    JOAQUIN    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903.                 1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

19OT. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$2,730 

1 

$20,000 

$20,000 

$45,000 

$68,000 

$49,500 

$81,000 

$189,560 
13,000 

$242,634 

$90 

..          

1,080 
49,194 

19.862 

60,456 

67,868 

44,399 

47,635 

53,915 
25,000 

55,116 

52,725 

149,063 

$214,835 

$39,862 

$80,456 

$70,598 

$44,489 

$92,635 

$146,915 

$104,615 

$133,723 

$252,834 

$391,697 

$1,572,669 

SAN    LUIS  OBISPO 

COUNTY. 

$30,000 

33.070 

5,200 

300 

$40,000 
2,327 
7,650 
2,399 

1 

$90,000 

8,128 

16,000 

316 

$55,000 
6,369 
19,605 

Bituminous  rock 

$12,905 
4,000 

$7,572 
6,000 
1,840 
8,000 
100 

$6,344 

3,200 

300 

6.000 

$6,344 
2,400 

$21,875 
12,900 

$630 
20.000 

10,600 

600 
3,000 
1,000 
16,845 
95,743 

6,000 

800 

1,000 

1,056 

5,000 

86,648 

900 

1,000 

15,000 

15,510 

400 

23,886 
44.835 

41,513 

147,215 

183,530 
47,583 
2,791 

176,616 
16.000 
45,000 

133,748 
15,000 
25,000 

128,152 

25.000 

$218,205 

$85,626 

$116,083 

$200,391 

$257,416 

$259,246 

$189,592 

$172,396 

$231,632 

$78,379 

$112,884 

$1,921,850 

SAN    MATEO  COUNTY. 

$255 
9,070 

[ 

Brick  ._ 

Clay 

$9,005) 

$8,000 
5,625 

$77,500 

$56,436 

$61,436 

$67,000 

$86,285 

$63,231 

$38,405 

500 
96,245 
90,221 

17,451 

89,142 

Macadam 

7,500 

6,000 

1,120 

15,666 
6,000 
98,200 
62,600 

36,823 

2,111 

360,660 
16,000 

150,000 
25,000 

75,000 
67,500 

75,000 
44,920 

Salt 

400 

66,000 

60,900 

95,400 

Totals  

$16,600 

$15,725 

$330,745 

$252,500 

$238,802 

$203,936 

$223,743 

$144,396 

$230,724 

$320,771 

$1,977,842 

(50) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


SANTA    BARBARA 

COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

Asphalt   

Brick 

?105,500 
40,960 

$55,800 
9,825 

$12,590 

12,200 

200 

$41,688 
46,200 

$190,000 
8,420 

$30,000 

34,750 

725 

$250,000 

1,600 

250 

$258,549 
14,650 

$70,000 
7,500 

$2,488 
9.180 



2,500 

2,172 

15,926 
30,000 
40,000 

112.282 

15,000 

13,800 

28,948 

32,012 

- 

3,602 

162 

10,350 

2,966 

165,138 

25,000 

12,000 

7,500 
9.600 
21,450 

16,000 

30,000 

33,160 

6,619 

4,146 

22,200 

394,621 

4,069,661 

60,200 

438 

113,385 

60,200 

375 

181,313 

22,280 

320 

149,640 

18.-249 

1,500 

445,560 

10,450 

500 

1,237,250 

24,250 
300 
4,166,661 
2,289 
4,950 
37,566 

4,932 

357,806 

4,423,794 

1,413,600 
2,070 
48,192 
18,330 

80,000 
117,260 

33.400 
27,100 

4,39.i 
34,240 

9,460 

25,230 

2 

10,930 
6,545 

1,170 
10,648 

21,500 

3,600 

$89,254 

Totals  

$528,438 

$300,148 

$315,550 

$384,688 

$791,611 

$1,801,217 

$1,664,814 

$4,568,163 

$4,946,679 

$4,520,733 

$19,611,295 

SANTA 

CLARA    COUNTY. 

$255 

$132- 

47. 

188,284 

Brick  

Clay 

?136,000 
6,000 

94,570 

$178,662 

$178,581 

$204,357 
1,050 

$183,676 
1.500 

$255,424 

$63,618 

$30,000 

1,200 

3,500 
16,6W 

10,017 
1,417 
45,142 

1,000 
4,160 
76,916 
3,000 
40,754 
76,536 
158,490 

Limestone  — 

6,000 

7,000 

15,000 

917 

300 

8,500 

12,000 

Magnesite  

253 
8,060 

5,500 

12,500 

3,966 

233,130 

100 

22,'),000 

12.500 
13,860 
148.103 

1,200 
14,555 
95,968 

3,000 
150,000 

1,250 
2,800 
94,608 

2,187 
5,525 
96,086 

39,955 
17,700 
103,984 

Quicksilver  

Rubble   

241,073 

236,608 

254,260 

100.000 

80,000 

31,500 

$82,254 

Totals   

" 1             

$497,386 

$421,150 

$471,122 

$670,150 

$365,044 

$470,130 

$298,834 

$379,416 

$281,833 

$389,846 

$4,327,174 

(51) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


SANTA    CRUZ    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

.isphalt    

1 

$1,060 
41.084 

Bituminous  rook   

Clay ___ 

$58,590 

$30,654 
30 

$45,190 

$12,500 

$38,860 

$64,707 

$85,123 
28,400 
336 
119,996 
2,167 
19,738 

$110,067 
13,800 

Granite .    ... 

140 

185,442 

2,725 

20,730 

131,288 
1,213 

161,500 
3,595 

161,302 
1,850 

$306,775 
1,175 

199,974 
52,125 
1,750 

347,490 
55,242 
3,500 

241 ,179 
6,000 
14,800 

296,785 
5,273 
20,717 

Bubble     

$1,794,294 

8191,091 

$195,779 

$205,296 

$296,349 

$445,092 

$326,686 

$255,758 

$446,642 

$4,720,934 

SHASTA    COUNTY. 

Brick   _. 

$12,000 

1,400 

4.:;  66, 735 

■,33,467 

$12,000 

1,950 

4,881,048 

927,975 
2,000 

$12,250 

4,275 

2,496,731 

878,706 

$17,500 

2,2.50 

2.171.497 

771,242 

$15,000 

1,470 

3.439,974 

1,031,429 

$14,000 

300 

1,688,614 

684.952 

$22,000 

1.20O 

4,338,121 

819,144 

$33,000 

5,200 

5,568,873 

791,997 

$12,000 

5,600 

4,642,976 

1,131,832 

$23,3(10 

3,517 

7, .581, 115 

1,600,489 

Copper  

Gold    

Granite 

Iron  ore  

400 
31,900 
30,761 

174 

8,000 

134,595 

92 

4,688 

20,000 

l,349,28(i 

735,460 

17,850 
1,150 

12,960 

12,500 
3,600 

io.soo 

5,400 

10,500 

8,000 
3,600 

8,040 
32,960 

9,100 
80,000 

Lead   

Macadam   _.    ,_.    _ 

^ 

1.500 

12.000 

5,500 

203,991 

25,000 
20,000 
539,553 
517,596 

Mineral  water 

5,784 

7,644 

7,645 

7,005 

306,887 

12,000 

5,500 
197,364 
370,211 

P>-rites  ___ 

89,893 
434,483 

Silver 

635,640 

891,994 

399,660 

167,548 

$47>23 

Unapportioned   

Totals   

$5,574,026 

$6,737,571 

$3,730,049 

$3,201,680 

$4,898,033 

$2,579,014 

$5,745,843 

$7,084,706 

$6,983,657  |  $11,460,616 

$58,043,218 

SIERRA    COUNTY. 

Gold     __.          ?«r,9,C96 

Mineral  water 

$575,427 

$.326,155 

6,000 

311 

$310,770 

$374,763 

$517,303 

$409,366 

$483,904 
12,000 
2,621 

$412,626 

$189,072 



Silver    

3.463 

755 

476 

1 ,222 

3,687 

2,518 

1,917 

957 

Totals   

*063,lo9 

$576,182 

$332-,  466 

$311 .240 

$375,985 

$520,990 

$4U,881 

$198,925 

$414,543 

$190.&29 

$4,295,609 

(52) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


SISKIYOU     COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902.                  1903. 

1904. 

1905.                  1906. 

1907. 

1908.               1909.         Grand  total. 

1 

$23 

$39 

398,017 

140 

1,000 

300 

36,250 

$613,576 

$892,685 

$803,035 

$504,156 

183 

1,680 

$416,160 

144 

300 

2.200 

10.000 

500 

4.528 

45,000  1          175.000  1           187,500 

50,000 

50,000 

80,000 



21 

93 

Ti^w?        

39,000 
12,897 
3,037 

500 
1.750 
2,145 

::::::::::::::::: 

1,250               $1,500 

1,485 
6,125 

Silver 

Unapportioned       

13,986 

6,408                     233                       22                 1,230 

2,499 

- 

$1,202,742 

?1 ,010,383 

$1,067,451 

$1,094,745           $663,5^ 

$943,986 

$806,877  ,            $1,500 

1             . 

$490,680 

$593,629 

$438,227 

$8,313,768 

SOLANO    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901.                  1902.         \         1903. 

1904.         '         1905. 

1906. 

1907.                  1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

$25,000 

$7,000 

$20,000 
11.200 

$150,000 

$375,000- 
49- 

P       ..     "• 

Lime    !               ^200 

$1,000 
4,9.50 
1,200 
4,450 

~ 

$100,000 
75,011 
4,000 

17;900 
4,000 

13,000 
4,000 

17,725 
4,000 

$10,273 
4,000 

$135,077 
4,000 

191 ,231 
4,000 
6,584 

518,883 
n.600 
8.053 

5.490 
7,538 
13,505 

"Vfltnrnl    traa 

P    \inp-    hlf»(»lfi! 

1,000 

1,000 

1,250 
1,890 

3, .500 

4.100 

240 

525 

15,080 

315 

3,562 
18.518 

4,988 
19,272 
3,422 

2,978  1              7.008 

O        If     1    *>                           ~ 

24.422 

7,937 

600 

33.294 
1.428 
2.800 

163,308 
200 

Unapportioned   _ 

$7,070,019 

?24,700 

$12,600 

$170,140 

$404,614 

$30,193 

$201,091 

$166,759 

$262,752 

$390, 0t« 

$221,241 

$9,134,175 

(53) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


SONOMA  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907.                  1908. 

1909.         Grand  total. 

$2,360 

$1,200 

$1,200 

$1,440 

$1,750 

$4,000 

$115,000 

$133,479 

10,700 

60 

$83,000 
3,000 

$29,000 
6,600 

Clay ..    . 

300 

9,800 
4,480 

9,351 
1,680 

566 

4,7^ 

Lime   

2,260 

2,600 
20,149 
1,250 

1 

10,226 
1,225 

30,000 
455 
105 
9,100 
82,227 
64,685 

9,864 

29,774 

57,919 
180 

168,473 

320- 
4,000 
80,492 
98,676 

577 

35,000 
20.275 
99,500 

17,691 
32,675 
95,860 

4.400                 4,000 

65.197               66,785 

102,829               97,041 

400                 6,600 

4,000 
128,444 
75,566 

4,200 
112,797 
21,369 

1,000 
228,630 
24.939 
20.850 

21.350 
134,223 
14,226 
22,318 

Rubble - 

1 

$15,000 

Totals   — 

?157,135 

$173,174 

$198,803 

$195,369 

$187,176          $318,871 

$353,073  !        $306,694 

$420,084 

$389,792 

$2,715,071 

STANISLAUS    COUNTY. 

Brick  .    

$7,000 

$50,000 

$12,494 
15,700 

$18,676 

$15,080 
25,869 

$931 
60,000 

Gold"  

$21,212 

$50,000 

$3,364 

225 
2,225 

Mineral  paint    

193 

375 

350 

2,400 

1,600 
20 

2,125 

$1,720 

1,720 

2,000 

Platinum  _  _^  ,    

Rubble    _ 

Silver* 

Unapportioned   



74,000 



265 

240 

28 

$82,317 

$21,405 

$29,169 

$19,026 

$70,605 

$52,816 

$52,365 

$1,720 

$5,112 

$83,000  1          $52,450 

$469,985 

SUTTER    COUNTY. 

$5,000 

$5,000 

'Combined  with  Merced. 


(54) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


TEHAMA    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

Brick  .    — — 

$2,200 

$2,000 
4,000 

$3,500 

$4,500 
2,500 

$3,500 

$5,000 
4,000 

$5,600 
4,000 

$3,200 
55,000 

$3,000 

2,000 

300 

Mineral  water 

Salt   — 

$500 
300 

Totals   

12,200 

$6,000 

$3,500 

$7,000 

$3,500              $9,000 

$9,600 

$58,200 

$5,300 

$800 

$105,100 

TRINITY   COUNTY. 

$761 

681,683 

5,500 

j 

Gold -  . 

$571,605 
4,535 

$719,992 

$607,728 

75. 

200 

11,156 

2.085 

$574,814 

$690,844 

$560,843 

$535,316 

$602,944 

$520,046 

468 

10,251 

550 

275 

3,864 

135 

450 
13,917 
3.044 

130 
6,069 
2,981 

105,982 
16,567 

58,668 
2,668 

3,739 
2,399 

3,804 
■4,269 

$7,915 
2.302 

Silver    ..— 

$111,307 

$698,689 

$752,280 

$731,261 

$621,244 

$579,088 

$708,255 

$570,013 

$541,454 

$6U,017 

$530,263 

$6,454,871 

TULARE    COUNTY. 

Brick  .- 

$6,100 

$8,600 

$27,000 

$9,500 

$10,000            $16,000 

$12,000 

$20,000 

$18,000 

$42,400 

360 

185 

58.000 

500 
11,618 
4,000 

500 
9,215 
2,260 

5,000 
9.300 

209,790 

20 

9,000 

62,250 

Gold 

Granite 

10,445 

3,000 

88 

1,500 

14,616 
18,000 

1,100 

16,000                9,000 

2,200 
21,420 

28,210 

19,250 

19,600 
100. 

9,100 

52,642 

47.200 

Rubble 

Silver 

433 

lOO 

13 

$50,108 

Totals - 

$21,566 

$69,526 

$62,398 

$41,175 

$36,200 

$32,313 

$230,810 

$69,826 

$132,892 

$148,145 

$394,959 

1 

(55) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


TUOLUMNE   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901.                 1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909.        Grand  total. 

$1,379 

$180 

1.154 

925,703 

$17,920 
1,791,829 

Gold    _ 

$1,596,891 

$1,670,368 

$1,732,572 
14,020 

$1,563,907 
9,700 

$1,291,726 
9,700 

1,039,675 
9,700 

$806,876 

$798,752 

Lead 

16 

1,600 

1,000 

i,000 

125,000 

69,500 
6.500 
47,165 
11,732 

60,000 

28,942 

107,400 

4,384 

Marble 

14,000 
6,580 

28,875 
13,989 

28,750 
12,963 

66,000 
21,318 

46,000 
8,476 

00,120 
6,453 

Silver    

62,367 

39,787 

$1,301 

Totals   

$1,659,258 

$1,710,171 

$1,830,329 

.$1,791,056 

$1,615,320 

$1,389,774 

$1,106,230 

$998,449 

$933,649 

$1,127,763 

$14,163,300 

VENTURA    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902.                  1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909.         Grand  total. 

Asphalt    

?31,670' 

$30,915 
60,000 

$370 

$13,3(i8 
140,000. 
12,900 

$:J8,028           $30,000 

$37,000 

Brick  

1,700' 

10,400 

45 

1,200 

11,650 

$12,800 

$1,500 
1,680 

$7,625 

Clay  -__    

Gold 

2,562 
28,629 

4,183 

2.012 

1,087 

2,700 

Granite 

2,100 
3.800 

6,400 

56,845 

Mica  

2,500 

3,000 
2,700 
465,682 
31,227 
3,500 

5,000 

236,578 

60,490 

1,380 

1,000 
155,500 

2,278 
211,334 
20,880 

4,531 

217.219 

9,006 

2,151 
223,872 
87,381 

398,700 
6.550 
6,250 

236,028 
16,764 
2,650 

455,000 

22,500 

1,600 

4 

517,611 

23,000 

900 

•    Rubble    

792 

Silver    ._ 

$830,833 

$■176,161 

$350,570 

$483,986 

$714,766 

$516,837 

$345,093 

$205,492 

$247,292 

$240,336 

$377,874 

$4,819,260 

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PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1909. 


YOLO   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900.         1         1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1909.        Grand  total. 

.$l,7r,0               $2,300 

S450 

$144 

$720 

$200 

$204 

$3.iO 

$1,150 

$7,278 

YUBA    COUNTY. 

Substances.                    3900. 

1901. 

1902.                  1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

laog. 

1909. 

Grand  total. 

1 

$3,000 

750 

139,528 

$10,000 

$0,600 

*80 
324,135 

$280,366 

$188,908 

$155,630 

$125,830 



$1,766,770 

2,034,486 
5.750 

2,469,865 
5,650 

800 
369 

$800 

720 
6,187 

4,625 

846 

2 

41 

9,997 

4,156 

$568,564 

Totals  

5284,631 

$189,754 

$155,632 

$125, 871- 

$143,278 

$325,384 

.$800 

$1,773,677 

$2,060,233 

^,486,271 

$8,114,135 

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SUMMARY    BY    COUNTIES— VALUE    OF    MINERAL    PRODUCTS,    1900-1909.* 


Alpine    $55,735 

Alameda 8,460,903  ■ 

Amador   20,431,559 

Butte    ; .  .  20,578,557  • 

Calaveras    22,370,606  • 

Colusa    1,957,597- 

Contra  Costa 3,830,862  • 

Del  Norte   89,854 

El  Dorado 4.394,302  • 

Fresno    28,585,635- 

Glennt  49,000 

Humboldt 742,774  J 

Imperial   118,501 

Invo 4,417,100 

Kern    60,342,945 

Kings 185,660 

Lake  2,425,504 

Lassen  604,428 

Los  Angeles  31,651,491 

Madera 2,350,287 


Marin $2,119,130- 

ilariposa 4,475,619  • 

aiendocino  160,070  -^ 

Merced 483,056  ■ 

Mono   4,944,612- 

Monterey  1,081,479- 

Napa   7,015,156- 

Nevada 25,347,577  • 

Orange 12,307,530  • 

Placer 8,706,714  • 

Phunas 3.084,546  • 

Riverside   5,031,093- 

Sacramento   8,973,412- 

San  Benito  3,625,315' 

San  Bernardino 16,951,827 

San  Diego  4,623,382  ■ 

San  Francisco 4,202,786  ■ 

San  Joaquin 1,572,659  • 

San  Luis  Obispo 1,921,850  ' 

San  Mateo 1,977,842 


Santa  Barbara   $19,611,295 

Santa  Clara 4,327,174  ■ 

Santa  Cruz 4,720,934  ■ 

Shasta  58,043.218- 

Sierra 4,295,609  • 

Siskivou 8,313,768 

Solano  9,154,175- 

Sonoma  2,715,071  = 

Stanislaus  469,985 

Sutter 5,000 

Tehama  105,100 

Trinity 6,454,871' 

Tulare  894,959  ■ 

Tuolumne   14,163,300- 

Ventura  4,819,260 

Yolo 7,278 

Yuba 8,114.135 

Total $478,464,087 


*  Including  amounts  heretofore  unapportioned  for  period, 
f  Glenn  County  first  reports  production  in  1909. 


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CORPORATION  AND  MINING  LAWS. 


CHAPTER  CDXXXII. 

An  act  to  repeal  Title  XI  of  Part  IV  of  Division  First  of  the  Civil 
Code  and  each  and  evertf  section  of  said  title,  and  to  substitute  a 
new  Title  XI  to  take  the  place  thereof  in  said  code,  relating  to 
mining  corporations. 

[Approved  March    21,    1905.] 

The  pcaplc  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  asscm- 
hly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Title  XI  and  Part  IV  of  Division  First  of  the  Civil 
Code  and  eacli  and  every  section  of  said  title  are  hereby  repealed,  and 
a  new  Title  XI  is  substituted  in  place  thereof  in  said  code,  to  read 
as  follows : 

TITLE  XI. 

MINING     CORPOR.\TIONS. 

Sec.   586.     Transfer  agencies. 

5S7.     Stock  issued  at  transfer  agencies. 
587a.   Consolidation  of  mining  corporations. 

58S.     Books  and  balance   sheets  to  be   kept   by  secretary.      Stock- 
holders' right  to  inspect. 

589.  Right  of  stockholders  to  visit  mine  with  expert. 

590.  Liability  of  presidents  and  directors. 

§  58G.  Any  corporation  organized  in  this  state  for  the  pui-pose 
of  mining  or  carrying  on  mining  operations  in  or  without  this  state, 
may  establish  and  maintain  agencies  in  other  states  of  the  United 
States,  for  the  transfer  and  issuing  of  their  stock ;  and  a  transfer  or 
is.sue  of  the  same  at  any  such  transfer  agency,   in  accordance  with 


the  provisions  of  its  by-laws,  is  valid  and  binding  as  fully  and 
effectually  for  all  purposes  as  if  made  upon  the  bookjs  of  such  corpora- 
tion at  its  principal  office  within  this  State.  The  agencies  must  be 
governed  by  the  by-laws  and  the  directors  of  the  corporation. 

§  5S7.  All  stock  of  any  such  corporation,  issued  at  a  transfer 
agency,  must  be  signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  corpora- 
tion, and  countersigned  at  the  time  of  its  issue  by  tlie  agent  having 
charge  of  the  transfer  agency.  No  stock  must  be  issued  at  a  transfer 
agency  unless  the  certificate  of  stock,  in  lieu  of  which  the  same  is 
issued,  is  at  the  time  surrendered  for  cancellation. 

§  5S7a.  It  is  lawful  for  two  or  more  corporations  formed,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  formed,  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  for  mining 
purposes,  which  own  or  possess  mining  claims  or  lands  adjoining  each 
other,  or  lying  in  the  same  vicinity,  to  consolidate  their  capital  stock, 
debts,  property,  assets  and  franchises,  in  such  manner  and  upon  such 
terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  respective  boards  of  directors  or 
trustees  of  such  corporations  so  desiring  to  consolidate  their  interests ; 
but  no  such  consolidation  must  take  place  without  the  written  consent 
of  the  stockholders  representing  two  thirds  of  the  capital  stock  of 
each  corporation,  and  no  such  consolidation  can.  in  any  way,  relieve 
such  corporations,  or  the  stockholders  thereof,  from  any  and  all  just 
liabilities;  and  in  case  of  such  consolidation,  due  notice  of  the  same 
must  be  given,  by  advertising,  for  one  month,  in  at  least  one  new.s- 
paper  in  the  county  where  the  said  mining  property  is  situated,  if  there 
is  one  published  therein,  and  also  in  one  newspaper  published  in  the 
county  where  the  principal  place  of  business  of  any  of  said  corpora- 
tion is.  And  when  the  consolidation  is  completed,  a  certificate  thereof, 
containing  the  manner  and  terms  of  such  consolidation,  must  be  filed 
in  the  ottice  of  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  the  original 
certificate  of  incorporation  of  each  of  said  corporations  is  filed,  and  a 


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copy  thereof  must  be  HIimI  in  llic  nificr  uf  llir  sciicliiiy  ul'  sImIc;  snrli 
certificate  must  be  sigueil  l)y  :i  nuijurily  uf  cncli  boiird  (if  trusli'i's  cir 
(lii'ectors  of  tlie  original  corporations,  aud  it  is  tlieir  duty  lo  call. 
within  thirty  days  after  the  tiling  of  such  certificate,  a  meetins  of  tlie 
stoclvliolders  of  all  of  said  corporations  so  consolidated,  to  elect  a 
board  of  trustees  or  directors  for  the  consolidated  corporation,  for 
the  year  thence  next  ensuing :  and  to  cause  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  fixed  for  such  meeting  to  be  mailed  to  each  stockholder  of  each 
of  such  corporations  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence  or  business 
at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  fixed  for  such  meeting.  The  said 
certificate  mti.st  also  contain  all  the  requirements  prescribed  by  section 
two  hundred  and  ninety. 

§  .~)88.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  every  corporation  formed 
for  the  purpose  of  mining,  or  conducting  mining  in  California,  whether 
such  corporation  be  formed  aud  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  California  or  of  any  other  state,  territory,  or  foreign  country,  to 
keep  at  some  place  within  the  State  of  California  an  office  and  in 
such  office  to  keep  a  complete  set  of  books  showing  all  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  such  corporation,  the  sources  of  such  receipts,  and 
tlie  objects  of  such  expenditures,  and  also  all  transfers  of  stock.  All 
books  aud  pajiei-s  must,  at  all  times  during  business  hours,  be  open 
to  the  in,spectiou  of  any  stockholder.  He  is  entitled  to  be  accompanied 
by  an  expert,  and  to  make  copies  or  extracts  from  any  such  books  or 
papers.  He  may.  at  reasonable  hours,  examine  such  mining  propert.v, 
accompanied  l)y  an  expert,  take  samples,  and  make  such  other  examina- 
tion as  he  may  deem  necessary.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  directors,  on  the 
second  Jlonday  of  each  aud  ever.v  month,  to  cause  to  be  made  an 
itemized  account  or  balauce  sheet  for  the  previous  month,  embracing 
a  full  and  complete  statement  of  all  disbtirsement.s  and  receipts,  show- 
ing from  what  sources  such  receipts  were  derived,  aud  to  whom  and 
for  what  object  or  purpo.se  such  disbursements  or  payments  were 
made ;  also  all  indebtedness  or  liabilities  incurred  or  existing  at  the 
time,  and  for  what  the  same  were  incurred,  and  the  balance  of  money, 
if  any.  on  hand.  Such  account  or  balance  sheet  must  lie  verified 
under  oath  by  the  president  and  secretary,  and  posted  in  some  con- 
.spicuous  place  in  the  office  of  the  company.  It  is  the  duty  of  the 
superintendent,  on   the   first   Monda.v  of  each   month,   to   tile   with   the 


sc:rri.u\  .-111  ilc'uii/.iMl  aiciMiiil.  xcriliccl  under  ualli.  showing  all  receipts 
aud  (lisliursciiiciils  made  li.\  him  fur  tile  previous  month,  and  for  W'hat 
said  disbursements  were  made.  Such  account  must  also  contain  a 
verified  statement  showing  the  number  of  men  employed  under  him. 
and  for  what  purpose,  and  the  rate  of  wages  paid  to  each.  He  must 
attach  to  such  account  a  full  aud  complete  report,  under  oath,  of  the 
work  done  in  said  mine,  the  amount  of  ore  extracted,  from  what  part 
of  mine  taken,  the  amount  sent  to  mill  for  reduction,  its  assay  value, 
the  amount  of  bullion  received,  the  amount  of  bullion  shipped  to  the 
office  of  the  company  or  elsewhere,  and  the  amount,  if  any.  retained 
by  the  superintendent.  It  is  his  duty  to  forward  to  the  office  of  the 
company  a  full  report,  under  oath,  of  all  discoveries  of  ores  or  mineral- 
bearing  quartz -made  in  said  miive,  whether  b.v  boring,  drifting,  sinking, 
or  otherwise,  together  with  the  assay  value  thereof.  All  accounts, 
reports,  and  correspondence  from  the  superintendent  must  be  kept  in 
some  conspicuous  place  in  the  office  of  said  company,  open  to  the 
inspection  of  all  stockholders. 

§  .589.  Any  stockholder  of  a  corporation  formed  under  the  laws  of 
this  state  for  the  iiurpose  of  mining,  is  entitled  to  visit,  accompanied 
by  his  expert,  and  examine  the  mine  or  mines  owned  b.v  such  corpora- 
tion, and  every  part  thereof,  at  any  time  he  may  see  Ht :  and  when 
such  stockholder  applies  to  the  president  of  such  corporation,  he  must 
immediately  cause  the  secretary  thereof  to  issue  and  deliver  to  such 
applicant  an  order,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  directed  to  the 
superintendent,  commanding  him  to  show  and  exhibit  such  parts  of 
said  mine  or  mines  as  the  party  named  in  said  order  may  desire  to 
visit  and  examine.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  superintendent,  on  receiving 
such  order,  to  furnish  such  stockholder  ever.v  facility  for  making  a 
full  and  complete  insjiection  of  .said  mine  or  mines,  and  of  the  work- 
ings therein,  and  to  accompany  said  stockholder  either  in  person,  or 
to  furnish  some  jierson  familiar  with  said  mine  or  mines  to  accompany 
him  in  his  visit  to  and  through  such  mine  or  mines,  and  ever.v  part 
thereof.  If  the  superintendent  fails  to  obey  such  order,  such  stock- 
holder is  entitled  to  recover,  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 
against  the  corporation,  the  sum  of  one  thou.sand  dollars,  and  traveling 
expenses  to  and  from  Ihe  mine,  as  liquidated  damages,  together  with 
cost.s  of  suit.      Ill  case  of  siuli  refusal,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  directors 


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of  the  corporation  forthwitli  to  remove  the  officer  so  refusing,  and 
tliereafter  he  must  not  be  employed  directly  or  indirectly  by  the  cor- 
poration, nor  must  any  salary  be  paid  to  him. 

§  '}'.)0.  In  case  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  the  president  to  cause  to 
be  issued  by  the  secretary  the  order  mentioned  in  section  five  hundred 
and  eighty-nine,  such  stockholder  is  entitled  to  recover  against  said 
president   the  sum  of  one   thousand   dollars  and  costs,  as  provided  in 


the  last  section.  If  the  directors  fail  to  have  the  reports  and  accounts 
current  made  and  posted  as  provided  in  section  five  hundred  and 
eighty-eight,  they  are  liable,  either  severally  or  jointly,  to  an  action 
l>y  any  stockholder  complaining  thereof,  and  on  proof  of  such  refusal 
or  failure,  he  may  recover  judgment  for  actual  damages  sustained  by 
him.  with  costs  of  suit.  Each  of  such  defaulting  directors  is  also  liable 
to  removal  for  such  neglect 


CORPORATION  LICENSE  TAX  LAW. 


I  .A.S    approved    Marcli    20.    1005:    amended. 


approved   June    13.    1906;    amended,    approved    March    I'j.    I'.tOT 
amended,   approved  March  19.   1909.) 


amended,    approved    March    L'O.    1907 


Skction  1.  Xo  corporation  heretofore  or  hereafter  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  this  state,  or  of  any  other  state,  shall  do  or  attempt 
tn  do  business  by  virtue  of  its  charter  or  certificate  of  incorporation, 
in  thi.s  state,  without  a  state  license  therefor.  LAmended.  approved 
.Tune  i;'..  lOOC] 

Sf.c.  2.  It  shall  be  tlie  dut.v  of  every  corporation  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  this  state,  and  of  ever.v  foreign  corporation  now  doing 
business,  or  which  shall  hereafter  engage  in  business  in  this  state, 
to  procure  annually  from  the  secretary  of  state  a  license  authorizing 
the  transaction  of  such  business  in  this  state,  and  shall  pay  therefor 
a  license  tax  as  follows : 

When  the  authorized  capital  stock  of  the  corporation  does  not 
e.Kceed  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000)  the  tax  shall  be  ten  dollars 
(.flO.OOl:  when  the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  ten  thou.san^ 
dollars  (.$l(t.(MHIi  but  does  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  dollai-s 
(.$20.01X11  lh<.  tax  shall  be  fifteen  dollars  (.$l.">.00l  :  when  the  author- 
ized capital  slock  exceeds  twenty  thousand  dollars  (.$2(MM)0i  but  does 
not  exceed  lifty  thousand  dollars  (.$.">().( U M > (  the  tax  shall  be  twenty 
dollars  (.$20.11111  ;  when  the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  fifty 
tliousand  dollai-s  ( !f.">(),00(j )  but  does  not  exceed  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  (.$l(KI.OOO)  the  tax  shall  be  twenty-five  dollai-s  (.i;25.00)  ;  when 


the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
(.$lfX>.00Ol  but  does  not  exceed  two  hundred  and  fifty  thou.sand  dollars 
(.$2.TO.000)  the  tax' shall  be  fifty  dollars  (.$.50.00)  ;  when  the  authorized 
capital  stock  exceeds  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  (.$2.5l>.(HM)) 
but  does  not  exceed  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  (.$.500.0(N()  the  tax 
shall  be  seventy-five  dollars  (.$7.5.(X)t  :  when  the  authorized  capital 
stock  exceeds  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ( .$.500.0(X)  I  but  does  not 
exceed  two  million  dollars  (.$2,000,000)  the  tax  shall  be  one  hundred 
dollars  (.$100,001  :  when  the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  two 
million  dollars  ( .$2.000.0(X) )  but  does  not  exceed  five  million  dollars 
(.$5,000,000)  the  tax  shall  be  two  hundred  dollars  (.$200,001  ;  when 
the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  five  million  dollars  (.$."i.OOO.(KM)l 
the  tax  shall  be  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars   (.$2.>0.(K)K 

Said  license  tax  or  fee  shall  be  due  and  iia.vable  on  the  first  day  of 
.Tul.v  of  each  and  ever.v  .vear  to  the  secretar.v  of  state,  wlio  shall  pay 
the  same  into  the  state  treasury.  If  not  paid  on  or  In'fore  the  hour 
of  four  o'clock  P.  M.  of  the  first  day  of  September  next  thereafter, 
the  .•<ame  shall  become  deliiKpu'Ut  and  there  shall  be  added  thereto,  as 
a  penalty  for  su<-h  delini|ueiuy.  the  sum  of  ten  dollars. 

The  license  tax  or  fee  hereby  provided  authorizes  the  coi  poralioii  to 
transact    its   busiue.s.s   during   the   year   or   for   any    fraclional    part   of 


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sucli  year  in  which  such  license  tax  or  fee  is  paid.  "Year,"  within 
the  meaning  of  this  act,  means  from  and  including  the  first  day  of  July 
to  and  including  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  next  thereafter.  [Amended, 
approved  March  10,  1907.] 

Sec.  '2a.  At  the  time  of  filing  a  certified  copy  of  articles  of  incor- 
poration of  any  corporation  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day 
of  July  and  the  thirtieth  day  of  September,  in  any  year,  there  shall 
be  paid,  in  addition  to  all  other  fees  required  by  law  to  be  paid  to  the 
secretary  of  state,  the  full  amount  of  the  license  tax  provided  to  be 
paid  in  section  two  of  this  act ;  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day 
of  October  and"  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in  any  year,  a 
sum  equal  to  three  fourths  of  the  license  tax  provided  for  in  section 
two  of  this  act  shall  be  paid  :  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day  of 
January  and  the  thirty-first  day  of  March,  in  any  year,  a  sum  equal 
to  one  half  of  such  license  tax  provided  for  in  section  two  of  this  act 
shall  be  paid,  and  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day  of  April  and 
the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  in  any  year,  a  sum  equal  to  one  fourth  of 
such  license  tax  provided  for  in  section  two  of  this  act  shall  be  paid. 
Upon  receipt  of  such  full  or  fractional  license  tax  the  secretary  of 
state  shall  issue  a  license  receipt  for  the  full  or  for  the  fractional 
part  of  the  then  current  fiscal  year.  [.Vmended,  approved  March  19, 
1909;  in  effect  July  1.  1909.] 

Sec.  3.  The  secretary  of  state  shall,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day 
of  September  in  each  year,  report  to  the  governor  of  the  state  a  list 
of  all  corporations  which  have  become  delinquent,  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion two  of  this  act,  and  the  governor  shall  forthwith  issue  his  procla- 
mation, declaring  under  this  act  that  the  charters  of  such  delinquent 
domestic  corporations  will  be  forfeited  :  and  the  right  of  such  foreign 
corporations  to  do  business  in  this  state  will  be  forfeited  unless  pay- 
ment of  said  license  tax,  together  with  the  penalty  for  such  delin- 
quency', as  hereinbefore  provided,  be  made  to  the  secretary  of  state  on 
or  before  the  hour  of  four  o'clock  P.  M.  of  the  thirtieth  day  of  Novem- 
ber next  following.     [Amended,  approved  June  i;!.  lOOli.] 

Sec.  4.  Said  proclamation  shall  be  filed  immediately  in  the  otfice 
of  the  secretary  of  state,  and  said  secretary  of  state  shall  immediately 
cause  a  copy  of  said  proclamation  to  be  published  in  one  issue  of  each 


of  two  daily  newspapers  to  be  selected  by  the  governor.  [Amended, 
approved  June  13,   1906.] 

Sec.  5.  At  the  hour  of  four  o'clock  p.  m.  of  the  thirtieth  day  of 
November  each  year  the  charters  of  all  delinquent  domestic  corpora- 
tions which  have  failed  to  pay  the  said  license  tax,  together  with  said 
penalty  for  such  delinquency,  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  right  of  all  delinquent  foreign  corporations  to  do 
business  in  this  state  which  have  failed  to  pay  said  license  tax. 
together  with  the  penalty  for  such  delinquency,  shall  be  likewise  for- 
feited.    [Amended,  approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  C.  Any  corporation  which  failed  to  pay  the  license  tax  and 
penalty  required  by  the  act,  or  any  amendment  thereof,  and  of  which 
this  is  amendatorj',  may  pay  all  the  said  license  taxes  and  penalties 
prescribed  by  section  one  of  said  act  and  the  amendments  thereto, 
and  the  license  taxes  and  penalties  that  would  have  accrued  if  such 
coi-poration  had  not  forfeited  its  charter  or  right  to  do  business  and 
any  such  corporation  making  such  payment  shall  be  relieved  from  the 
forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  and 
all  persons  exercising  the  powers  of  any  such  corporation  making  such 
payment  shall  be  relieved  from  the  provisions  of  section  nine  of  said 
act  of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  and  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
immediately  after  the  first  day  of  December,  1909,  transmit  to  the 
county  clerk  of  each  county  in  this  state  a  list  of  the  corporations  so 
paying  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  which  list  shall  be 
by  said  county  clerk  filed  in  his  office  ;  provided,  the  rehabilitation  of 
a  corporation  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  without  preju- 
dice to  any  action,  defense  or  right  which  accrued  by  reason  of  tlie 
original  forfeiture;  and  providrd,  that  in  case  the  name  of  any  cor- 
poration which  has  suffered  the  forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of 
which  this  act  is  amendatory,  or  a  name  so  closely  resembling  the 
name  of  such  corporation  as  will  tend  to  deceive  has  been  adopted  by 
any  other  corporation  since  the  date  of  said  forfeiture,  then  said  cor- 
poration having  suffered  said  forfeiture  shall  be  relieved  therefrom 
l>ursuant  to  the  terms  of  this  section  of  this  act  only  upon  the  adop- 
tion by  said  corporation  seeking  revivor  of  a  new  name,  and  in  such 
case  nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  be  construed  as  permitting 


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such  corporation  to  be  revived  or  carry  on  any  business  under  its 
former  name ;  and  sucli  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  use  its 
former  name  or  take  such  new  name  only  upon  filing  an  application 
therefor  with  the  secretary  of  state  and  upon  the  issuing  of  a  certifica- 
tion to  such  corporation  by  the  secretary  of  state  setting  forth  the 
right  of  such  corporation  to  take  such  new  name  or  use  its  former 
name,  as  the  case  may  be:  provided,  hoiccvcr,  that  the  secretary  of 
state  shall  not  issue  any  certificate  permitting  anj'  corporation  to  take 
or  use  the  name  of  any  corporation  heretofore  organized  in  this  state 
and  which  has  not  suffered  the  forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of 
which  this  act  is  amendatory,  or  to  make  or  use  a  name  so  closely 
resembling  the  name  of  such  corporation  heretofore  organized  in  this 
state  as  will  tend  to  deceive.  The  provisions  of  title  nine,  part  three 
of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this 
section  of  this  act  are  not  applicable  to  corporations  seeking  revivor 
under  this  act.  [Amended,  approved  March  19,  1909 ;  in  effect  im- 
mediately.] 

Sec.  7.  All  educational,  religious,  scientific  and  charitable  corpora- 
tions, and  all  corporations  which  are  not  organized  for  pecuniary 
profit,  are  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  this  act.  [Amended, 
approved  June  13,  190G.] 

Sec.  8.  On  or  before  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  of  each  year 
the  secretary  of  state  shall  make  a  list  of  all  domestic  corporations 
whose  charters  have  been  so  forfeited  and  of  all  foreign  corporations 
whose  right  to  do  business  in  this  state  has  been  so  forfeited,  and  shall 
transmit  a  certified  copy  thereof  to  each  county  clerk  in  this  state,  who 
shall  file  the  same  in  his  oflice.     [Amended,  approved  June  13,  1900.] 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  corporation,  delinquent  under 
this  act,  either  domestic  or  foreign,  which  has  not  paid  the  license 
tax  or  fee,  together  with  the  penalty  for  such  delinquency,  as  in  this 
act  prescribed,  to  exercise  the  powers  of  such  corporation,  or  to 
transact  any  business  in  this  state,  after  the  thirtieth  day  of  November 
next  following  the  delinquency.     Each  and  every  person  who  exercises 


any  of  the  powers  of  a  corporation  so  delinquent,  either  domestic  or 
foreign,  which  has  not  paid  the  license  tax,  together  with  the  penalty 
for  such  delinquency,  or  who  transacts  any  business  for  or  in  behalf 
of  any  such  corporation,  after  the  thirtieth  day  of  November  next  fol- 
lowing the  delinquency,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one 
hundred  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  fifty  days  nor  more  than 
five  hundred  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment-  [Amended, 
approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  10a.  In  all  cases  of  forfeiture  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  the  directors  or  managers  in  office  of  the  affairs  of  any  domestic 
corporation,  whose  charter  may  be  so  forfeited,  or  of  any  foreign 
corporation  whose  right  to  do  bu.siness  in  this  state  may  be  so  for- 
feited, are  deemed  to  be  trustees  of  the  corporation  and  stockholders 
or  members  of  the  corporation  whose  power  or  right  to  do  business  is 
forfeited  and  have  full  power  to  settle  the  affairs  of  the  corporation 
and  to  maintain  or  defend  any  action  or  proceeding  then  pending  in 
behalf  of  or  against  any  of  said  corporations,  or  to  take  such  legal 
proceedings  as  may  be  necessary  to  fully  settle  the  affairs  of  said 
corporation,  and  such  directors  or  managers,  as  such  trustees,  may  be 
sued  in  any  of  the  courts  of  this  state  by  any  person  having  a  claim 
against  any  of  said  corporations ;  provided,  always,  that  no  action 
pending  against  any  corporation  shall  abate  thereby,  but  may  be 
prosecuted  to  final  judgment ;  the  same  may  be  enforced  by  execution 
with  the  same  force  and  effect  and  in  like  manner  a.s  though  no  for- 
feiture had  occurred;  and  provided  further,  that  where  judgment  has 
been  entered  against  any  corporation  prior  to  forfeiture  under  this 
act,  that  notwithstanding  execution  may  be  issued  thereon  and  the 
property  of  said  corporation,  or  which  may  come  into  the  hands  of 
any  trustees  for  it.  may  be  levied  upon,  seized  and  sold  to  satisfy  the 
same  with  like  force  and  effect  as  though  such  forfeiture  has  not 
occurred.      [Amended,  approved  ilarch  20,  1907.] 


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PROTECTION  OF  STOCKHOLDERS. 


CHArTER  583. 

Ah  act  1o  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  protect  stockholders  and 
persons  dealing  with  corporations  in  this  state,"  approred  March  29, 
1^78.  and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof,  and  to  repeal  all  latvs  in  con- 
ftirt  thercuith. 

[Approved    March    22.    1905.] 

The  people  of  the  ,^t(ite  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assein- 
blij,  do  enact  as  foltoics: 

Section  ■!.  Auy  .superintendent,  director,  secretary,  manager, 
agent,  or  other  officer,  of  an.v  corporation  formed  or  existing  under,  tlie 
laws  of  this  state,  or  transacting  business  in  the  same,  and  any  person 
pretending  or  holding  himself  out  as  such  superintendent,  director,  sec- 
retary, manager,  agent,  or  other  officer,  who  shall  willfully  subscribe, 
sign,  endorse,  verify,  or  otherwise  assent  to  the  publication,  either  gen- 
erall.v  or  privately,  to  the  stockholder  or  other  persons  dealing  with 
sycli  corporation  or  its  stock,  auy  untrue  or  willfully  and  fraudulently 
exaggerated  report,  prosi)ectu.s,  account,  statement  of  operations, 
values,  business,  profits,  expenditures  or  prosjiects  or  other  paper  or 
document  intended  to  produce  or  give,  or  having  a  tendency  to  produce 
or  give,  to  the  shares  of  stock  in  such  corporation  a  greater  value  or 
less  apparent  or  market  value  than  they  really  possess,  or  with  the 
intention  of  defrauding  any  particular  person  or  persons,  or  the  public, 
or  iH'rsous  generally,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony,  and  on  convic- 
tion thereof  shall  be  punished  by  imiirisonnient  in  state  prison,  or  a 
county  jail,  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  by  tiur  not  cxeeeiliug  five 
thousand  dollars,  or  by  both. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  ads  in  cunfiiit  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed. 

CIVIL  CODE. 

§  309.  The  directors  of  corporations  must  not  make  dividends, 
except   from   the   surplus   i)rofits   arising   from   the  business   thereof ; 


nor  musi  tlicy  create  any  debts  beyond  their  subscribed  capital  stock: 
nor  must  the.\'  divide,  withdraw  or  pay  to  the  stockholdci's,  or  an.v  of 
them,  any  part  of  the  capital  stock,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
nor  reduce  or  increase  the  capital  stock,  except  as  herein  specially 
provided.  For  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  direc- 
tors under  whose  administration  the  same  may  have  happened  (except 
those  who  may  have  caused  their  dissent  therefrom  to  be  entered  at 
large  on  the  minutes  of  the  directors  at  the  time,  or  were  not  present 
when  the  same  did  hapiJen)  are,  in  their  individual  or  private  capacity, 
jointly  and  severally  liable  to  the  corporation,  and  to  the  creditors 
thereof,  to  the  full  amount  of  the  capital  stock  so  divided,  withdrawn, 
paid  out,  or  reduced,  or  debt  contracted :  and  no  statute  of  limitation 
is  a  bar  to  any  suit  against  such  directors  for  any  sums  for  which  they 
are  liable  by  this  section:  prorided,  howerer,  that  where  a  corporation 
has  been  heretofore  or  may  hereafter  be  formed  for  the  purpose, 
among  other  things,  of  acquiring,  holding,  and  selling  real  estate,  water, 
and  water  rights,  the  directors  of  such  corporation  may,  with  the  con- 
sent of  stockholders  representing  two  thirds  of  the  capital  stock 
thereof,  given  at  a  meeting  called  for  that  purpose,  divide  among  the 
stockholders  the  land,  water,  or  water  rights  so  by  such  corporation 
held,  in  the  proportions  to  which  their  holdings  of  such  stock  at  the 
time  of  such  division  entitled  them.  All  conveyances  made  by  the  cor- 
poration in  pursuance  of  this  section  must  be  made  and  received 
subject  to  the  debts  of  such  corporation  existing  at  the  date  of  the 
conveyance  thereof.  Nothing  herein  prohibits  a  division  and  distribu- 
lion  of  the  capital  stock  of  auy  corporation  which  remains  after  the 
payment  of  all  its  debts,  upon  its  dissolution,  or  the  expiration  of  its 
term   of  existence. 

PENAL  CODE. 

S  5(10.  P^very  director  of  any  stock  coriMiration  who  concurs  in  any 
vote  or  act  of  the  directors  of  such  corporation  or  any  of  them,  by 
which  it  is  intended,  either — 

1.     To  make  any  dividend,  except  from   the  surplus   jirolits  arising 


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from   the  business   of  the  corporation,   and   in   the  cases  and   manner 
allowed  by   law ;   or, 

2.  To  provide,  withdraw,  or  in  any  manner,  except  as  provided  by 
law,  pay  to  the  stockholders,  or  any  of  them,  any  part  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation ;  or, 

3.  To  discount  or  receive  any  note  or  other  evidence  of  debt  in  pay- 
ment of  any  installment  actually  called  in  and  required  to  be  paid,  or 
with  the  intent  to  provide  the  means  of  making  such  payment ;  or. 


4.  To  receive  or  discount  any  note  or  other  evidence  of  debt,  with 
the  intent  to  enable  any  stockholder  to  withdraw  any  part  of  the 
money  paid  in  by  him,  or  his  stock ;  or. 

5.  To  receive  from  any  other  .stock  corporation,  in  exchange  for  the 
shares,  notes,  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  debt  of  their  own  corpora- 
tion, shares  of  the  capital  stock  of  such  other  corporation,  or  notes, 
bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  debt  is.sued  by  such  other  corporation; 
— is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 


RELATING  TO  FOREIGN;  CORPORATIONS. 


CHAPTER  591. 

An  act  to  amend  section  four  hundred  and  ten  of  the  Civil  Code  of  tlic 
State  of  California,  relating  to  foreign  corporations,  and  the  prnnltij 
for  failure  to  file  certified  copies  of  articles  of  incorporation  hij  said 
foreign  corporations. 

[Approved  April   26,    1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  folloirs: 

Section  1.  Section  410  of  the  Civil  Code  of  the  State  of  California 
is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows ; 

§  410.  Every  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  another  state. 
or  territory,  or  of  a  foreign  country,  which  shall  neglect  or  fail,  within 
ninety  days  from  the  taking  effect  of  this  section,  to  comply  with  the 
conditions  of  sections  four  hundred  and  eight  and  four  hundred  and 
nine  of  this  code,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  hundred 
dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction ;  and  it 


is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  state,  as  he  may  be  advised 
that  corporations  are  doing  business  in  contravention  of  sections  four 
hundred  and  eight  and  four  hundred  and  nine  of  this  code,  to  report 
the  fact  to  the  governor,  who  shall  instruct  (1)  the  district  attorney  of 
the  county  wherein  such  corporation  has  its  principal  place  of  business, 
or  (2)  the  attorney  general  of  the  state,  or  both,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
to  institute  proceedings  to  recover  the  fine  provided  for  in  this  section, 
and  the  amount  so  recovered  must  be  paid  into  the  state  treasury  to 
the  credit  of  the  general  fund  of  the  state ;  in  addition  to  which  penalty, 
no  foreign  corporation  which  shall  fail  to  comply  with  sections  four 
hundred  and  eight  and  four  hundred  and  nine  of  this  code  can  maintain 
any  suit  or  action  in  any  of  the  courts  of  this  state,  or  acquire  or 
convey  any  legal  title  to  any  real  property  within  this  state,  until  it 
has  complied  with  said  sections :  provided,  that  any  such  corporation 
which,  prior  to  the  eighth  day  of  March-,  nineteen  hundred  and  one. 
shall  have  complied  with  the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to 
amend  'An  act  in  relation  to  foreign  corporations.'  approved  April  first, 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-two."  approved  March  seventeenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-nine,  is  exempted  from  the  provisions  of 
this  section  and  the  two  sections  next  preceding. 


5— BTiL.GO 


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TO  PREVENT  WASTING  OF  NATURAL  GAS. 


CHAPTER  309. 

All  act  proliibitiiiy  the  iiiiiiccessari/  irastiiig  of  nutiirul  ijas  iiita  the 
atmosphere ;  providing  for  the  capping  or  otherwise  closing  of  wells 
from  which  natural  gas  floirs;  and  providing  penalties  for  liolating 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

[Approved  March  25,  1311.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  All  persous,  firms,  corporations  and  associations  are 
hereby  prohibited  from  wilfully  permitting  any  natural  gas  wastefuUy 
to  escape  into  the  atmosphere. 

Sec.  2.  All  persons,  firms,  corporations  or  associations  digging, 
drilling,  excavating,  constructing  or  owning  or  controlling  any  well 
from  which  natural  gas  flows  shall  upon  the  abandonment  of  such  well, 
cap  or  otherwise  close  the  mouth  of  or  entrance  to  the  same  in  such 


a  manner  as  to  prevent  the  unnecessary  or  wasteful  escape  into  the 
atmosphere  of  such  natural  gas.  And  no  person,  firm,  coi-poration  or 
association  owning  or  controlling  land  in  which  such  well  or  wells  are 
situated  shall  wilfully  permit  natural  gas  flowing  from  such  well  or 
wells,  wastefully  or  unnecessarily  to  escape  into  the  atmosphere. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person,  firm,  corporation  or  association  who  shall  wil- 
fully violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  in  the 
county  jail  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

Sec.  4.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act  each  day  during  which  natural 
gas  shall  be  wilfully  allowed  wastefully  or  unnecessarily  to  escape 
into  the  atmosphere  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  and  distinct  violation 
of  this  act. 

Sec.  5.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  0.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


PROTECTION  OF  OIL  AND  GAS  STRATA. 


CHAPTER  356. 

.l;i  act  to  prevent  injury  to  oil,  gas  or  petroleum-hearing  strata  or  for- 
mations by  the  penetration  or  infiltration  of  water  therein. 

[Approved  March  20,  1909.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  well  now 
drilled  or  that  may  be  drilled  in  the  State  of  California  on  lands  pro- 


ducing or  containing  oil,  gas  or  petroleum,  to  properly  case  such  well 
or  wells,  with  metal  casing  in  accordance  with  mo.st  approved  methods, 
and  to  effectually  shut  off  all  water  overlying  or  underlying  the  oil- 
bearing  strata  and  to  effectually  prevent  any  water  from  penetrating 
such  oil-bearing  strata. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  well  referred  to  in 
section  1  of  this  act,  before  abandoning  the  same  to  withdraw  the  cas- 
ing therefrom,  and  to  securely  fill  such  well  with  clay,  earth  or  cement 
mortar,  or  other  good  and  sufficient  materials,  used  alone  or  in  suitable 
combination,  and  thoroughly  pack  and  tamp  the  same  into  such  well  to 
a  point  as  far  above  the  upper  oil-bearing  strata  as  the  commissioner 


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hereiuafter  provided  for  may  decide  sliall  Ije  necessary,  and  wliile 
withdrawing  tlie  casing  therefrom  to  effectually  and  permanently  shut 
off  and  exclude  all  water  underlying  and  overlying  said  oil-bearing 
strata,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  commissioner,  whether  any  oil- 
bearing  strata  has  been  encountered  or  not. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  well  referred  to 
in  section  1  of  this  act,  to  keep  a  careful  and  accurate  log  of  the  drill- 
ing of  such  well,  such  log  to  show  the  character  and  depth  of  the  for- 
mations passed  through  or  encountered  in  the  drilling  of  such  well, 
and  particularly  to  show  the  location  and  depth  of  the  water-bearing 
strata,  together  with  the  character  of  the  water  encountered  from  time 
to  time,  and  to  show  at  what  point  such  water  was  shut  off,  if  at  all, 
and  if  not  to  so  state  in  such  log.  and  show  the  depth  at  which  oil- 
bearing  strata  is  encountered,  the  depth  and  character  of  the  same,  and 
whetlier  all  water  overlying  and  underlying  such  oil-bearing  strata 
was  successfully  and  permanently  shut  off  so  as  to  prevent  the  perco- 
lation or  penetration  into  such  oil-bearing  strata;  said  record  of  well 
Ici  be  kept  on  file  and  subject  to  the  inspection  of  hereinafter  mentioned 
cuiumissioner  at  any  time  during  business  hours. 

Sec.  4.  The  term  "owner"  as  herein  used  shall  mean  and  include 
each  and  every  person,  persons,  partnership,  copartnership,  associa- 
tion or  corporation  owning,  leasing,  managing,  operating,  drilling  or 
possessing  any  well  mentioned  in  sections  1  and  2  of  this  act,  either  as 
principal  or  principals,  lessee  or  lessees  of  such  principal  or  principals, 
contractor  or  contractors,  and  their  and  each  of  their  employees.  The 
term  "oil-bearing  strata"  as  herein  used  shall  mean  and  include  any 
l)ed.  seam  or  stratum  of  rock  or  sand  or  other  material  which  contains, 
includes,  or  yields  earth  oil,  rock  oil,  or  petroleum  oil  or  natural  gas 
iir  cither  of  them. 

In  order  to  carry  out  the  provision  of  section  1  or  2  of  this  act.  upon 
Petition  of  three  or  more  operating  oil  companies,  within  the  county, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  said  county  to 
ii|i|«iiiit  a  commi.ssioner  who  .shall  be  a  practical  oil  man,  whose  term  of 
iillicc  shall  be  until  December  31st  of  the  year  following  time  of 
aiipointiiicut  or  until  his  successor  is  appointed. 


The  duties  of  said  commissioner  shall  be  to  see  that  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  enforced. 

The  compensation  of  said  commissioner  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board 
of  supervisors  and  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general  county  fund. 

Upon  the  filing  of  a  complaint  with  said  coitimissioner  alleging  tlie 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  sections  1  or  2  of  this  act,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  hereinbefore  mentioned  commissioner  of  the  county, 
if  so  requested  by  the  complainants,  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made,  a 
thorough  investigation  of  the  well  in  question,  to  determine  whetlier 
or  not  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  have  been  violated  and  for  such 
purpose  he  is  hereb.v  empowered  to  appoint  all  necessary  agents  and 
assistants  to  conduct  such  examination  and  such  agents  and  assistants 
may  enter  upon  the  premises  where  such  well  is  situated  and  may  take 
charge  of  such  well  for  the  purpose  of  making  such  investigations.  If 
the  defendant  in  the  action  shall  be  convicted  of  a  violation  of  any  of 
the  provisions  of  section  1  or  2  of  this  act,  he  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
penalties  hereafter  set  forth,  pay  all  reasonable  and  proper  costs  inci- 
dent to  the  making  of  such  investigations. 

Any  well  drilled  and  abandoned,  in  violation  of  section  1  or  2  of  lliis 
act  is  hereby  declared  a  public  nuisance. 

If  any  well,  under  the  provision  of  sections  1  or  2  of  this  act  be 
declared  a  public  nuisance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  commissioner  of  the 
county  in  which  such  well  is  situated  to  enter  upon  the  premises,  take 
po.ssession  of  such  well  and  to  abate  said  nuisance  and  to  take  all 
necessary  steps  to  prevent  the  percolation  or  penetration  of  water  into 
the  oil-bearing  strata.  He  shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the 
expense  of  such  work  and  all  expenses  so  incurred  shall  be  a  charge 
against  the  owner  of  such  well  and  a  lien  upon  the  same. 

Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanoi". 

Any  owner  of  any  well  referred  to  in  section  1  or  2  of  this  act,  who 
refuses  to  permit  the  commissioner  to  inspect  the  same  or  who  willfully 
hinders  or  delays  the  commis-sioner  in  the  jjerformance  of  his  duty  is 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

An  "act"  to  prevent  injury  to  oil,  or  petroleum-bearing  strata,  or 
formations  by  infiltration  or  intrusion  of  water  thcnnii.  npiirnM'd 
Jlarch  24,  1903,  is  hereby  repealed. 


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USE  OF  CALIFORNIA  MATERIALS  IN  CALIFORNIA  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 


SECTION  3247  OF  THE  POLITICAL  CODE. 

"Any  person,  committee,  board,  officer,  or  any  other  person  charged 
with  the  purchase,  or  permitted  or  authorized  to  purchase,  supplies, 
soods,  wares,  merchandise,  manufactures,  or  produce,  for  the  use  of 
the  state,  or  any  of  its  institutions  or  offices,  or  for  the  use  of  any 
county  or  consolidated  city  and  county,  or  city,  or  town,  shall  always, 
price,  fitness  and  quality  being  equal,  prefer  such  supplies,  goods, 
wares,    merchandise,    manufactures,   or   produce    as   has   been   grown. 


manufactured  or  produced  in  this  state,  and  shall  next  prefer  such  as 
have  been  partially  so  manufactured,  grown  or  produced  in  this  state. 
AH  state,  county,  city  and  county,  city  or  town  officers,  all  boards,  com- 
missions, or  otlier  persons  charged  with  advertising  for  any  such  sup- 
plies, shall  state  in  their  advertisement  that  such  preferences  will  be 
made.  In  any  such  advertisement  no  bid  shall  be  asked  for  any  article 
of  a  specific  brand  or  mark  nor  any  jiatent  apparatus  or  appliances, 
when  such  requirement  would  prevent  proper  competition  on  the  part 
of  dealers  in  other  articles  of  equal  value,  utility  or  merit." 


EXTRACTION  OF  MINERALS  FROM  WATER. 


CHAPTER  4.54. 

An  act  regulating  the  extraction  of  minerals  from  the  waters  of  any 
■  ■    stream  or  lake  and  prohibiting  the  extraction  of  minerals  from  said 
waters  except  under  lease  from  or  express  permission  of  the  state  for 
a  period  not  exceeding  twenty-fire  years. 

[Approved  April  14,   1911.] 
The  people  of  the  Ktate  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.     Minerals  contained  in  the  waters  of  any  stream  or  lake 
in   this  state   shall   not   be   extracted   from  said   waters   except   upon 


charges,  terms  and  conditions  prescribed  by  law.  No  person,  firm, 
corporation  or  association  shall  hereafter  gain  the  right  to  extract  or 
cause  to  be  extracted  said  minerals  from  said  waters  by  user,  custom, 
prescription,  appropriation,  littoral  rights,  riparian  rights,  or  in  any 
manner  other  than  by  lease  from  or  express  permission  of  the  state  as 
prescribed  by  law  ;  and  no  such  lease  or  permission  shall  be  granted 
for  a  longer  period  than  twenty-five  years. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


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LANDS  UNCOVERED  BY  RECESSION  OF  WATER. 


CHAPTER  453. 

.1/1  act  to  amend  section  3493ni  of  the  Political  Code  relating  to  land 
uncovered  hy  the  recession  or  drainage  of  the  waters  of  inland  lakes. 

[Approved  April   14,    1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  fdllows: 

Section  1.  Section  3493m  of  the  Political  Code  is  hereby  amended 
tc  read  as  follows : 

Section  3493hi.  Any  person  desiring  to  purchase  any  of  the  lands 
now  uncovered  or  which  may  hereafter  be  uncovered  by  the  recession 
or  drainage  of  the  waters  of  inland  lakes,  and  inuring  to  the  state  by 
virtue  of  her  sovereignty,  or  the  swamp  and  overflowed  lands  not  segre- 
gated by  the  United  States,  must  make  an  application  therefor  to  the 
surveyor  general  of  the  state,  which  application  must  be  accompanied 
by  the  applicant's  affidavit  that  he  is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 


or  has  declared  his  intention  to  become  such,  a  resident  of  this  state, 
of  lawful  age,  that  he  desires  to  purchase  such  lands  (describing  them 
by  legal  subdivisions,  or  by  metes  and  bounds,  if  the  legal  subdivisions 
are  unknown),  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  for  his  own  use 
and  benefit,  and  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  no  other  person  whomsoever, 
and  that  he  has  made  no  contract  or  agreement  to  sell  the  same,  and 
that  he  does  not  own  any  state  lands  which,  together  with  that  now 
sought  to  be  purchased,  exceed  six  hundred  and  forty  acres. 

The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  affect  or  apply  to  any  land 
uncovered  by  the  recession  or  drainage  of  the  waters  of  any  lake  or 
other  body  of  water,  the  waters  of  which  are  so  impregnated  with 
minerals  as  to  be  valuable  for  the  purpose  of  extracting  therefrom  such 
minerals ;  but  the  land  uncovered  by  the  recession  or  drainage  of  such 
waters  shall  be  subject  to  lease  for  periods  of  not  longer  than  twenty- 
five  years  upon  such  charges,  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  law. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby, 
repealed. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take' effect  immediately. 


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REGULATING  THE  APPROPRIATION  OF  WATER. 


CHAPTER  400. 

At.  act  regulating  and  limiting  the  approfiiiution  of  water  for  generat- 
ing electricity  or  electrical  or  other  pmoer;  fiMng  the  terms  and 
conditions  and  providing  the  manner  and  procedure  upon  which 
water  for  generating  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  may  be 
appropriated  and  providing  for  the  renewal  of  licenses  granted  here- 
under; providing  for  the  issuing  of  licenses  for  the  use  of  water  for 
generating  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  and  limiting  rights 
under  such  licenses;  prohibiting  the  appropriation  of  water  or  the 
use  of  water  for  generating  electricity  or  Electrical  or  other  power 
for  a  longer  period  than  twenty-five  years;  limiting  the  right  to  the 
use  of  water  appropriated  for  generating  electricity  or  electrical  or 
other  power  to  the  specific  purposes  for  which  it  is  appropriated ; 
declaring  certain  water  to  be  unappropriated;  providing  for  the 
granting  of  licenses  to  divert  and  store  surplus  and  flood  waters  for 
generating  electricity,  or  electrical  or  other  power  and  declaring 
what  is  surplus  water;  reserving  to  the  state  the  right  to  regulate 
and  fix  the  rates  of  compensation  for  which  electricity  or  electrical 
or  other  power  generated  by  water  appropriated  may  be  sold,  rented 
or  distributed;  reserving  to  the  state  the  right  to  impose  charges  for 
the  use  of  water  appropriated  for  electricity  or  electrical  or  other 
power  and  fixing  fees  and  charges;  preventing  the  combination  or 
formation  of  any  unlawful  trust  by  appropriators  of  water  or  the 
use  of  water  for  generating  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power 
and  providing  a  penalty  therefor;  creating  and  establishing  a  state 
board  of  control;  providing  the  powers  and  duties  of  said  board  of 
control  and  fixing  their  compensation;  compelling  persons,  firms, 
associations  and  corporations  supplying  electricity  or  electrical  or 
other  power  generated  by  the  use  of  appropriated  water  to  keep  their 
plants  and  systems  in  repair  and  requiring  an  annual  report  from 
them  to  said  board  of  control;  providing  for  the  appointment  and 
compensation  of  employees  and  assistants  to  said  board  of  contrdl; 


limiting  the  expenses  of  said  board  of  control  and  providing  fur  the 
payment  thereof;  fixing  the  place  of  business  of  said  board  of  con- 
trol; declaring  the  diversion  or  use  of  icatcr  for  generating  elec- 
tricity, or  electrical  or  other  power,  otherwise  than  provided  in  this 
act,  to  be  a  misdemeanor  and  providing  a  penalty  therefor,  and  also 
providing  penalties  for  other  violations  of  this  act;  repealing  all  acts 
and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act. 

[Approved   April    S,    1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  fdllows: 

Section  1.  Water  or  the  use  of  water  for  the  generation  of  elec- 
tricity or  of  electrical  or  other  power  shall  not  be  appropriated  for  a 
longer  period  than  twenty-five  years. 

Sec.  2.  Appropriation  of  water  or  of  the  use  of  water  for  the 
generation  of  electricity  or  of  electrical  or  other  power  shall  be  made 
as  provided  by  this  act.  and  not  otherwise. 

Sec.  3.  Water  or  the  use  of  water  appropriated  for  purposes  other 
than  the  generation  of  electricity  or  of  electrical  or  other  power  shall 
not  be  used  for  the  generation  of  electricity  or  of  electrical  or  other 
power  except  under  a  separate  and  distinct  appropriation  made  as 
provided  in  this  act  for  such  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  All  water  or  the  use  of  water  which  has  been  heretofore 
appropriated  and  which  has  not  been  put,  or  which  has  ceased  to  be 
put,  to  some  useful  or  beneficial  purpose,  or  which  is  not  now  in 
process  of  being  put  to  some  useful  or  beneficial  purpose  with  due 
diligence  in  proportion  to  the  magnitude  of  the  work  necessary  prop- 
erly to  utilize  for  the  purpose  of  such  appropriation  such  water  or 
such  use  of  water,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  unappropriated. 

Sec.  5.  All  appropriations  of  water  or  the  use  of  water  for  gen- 
erating electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  shall  be  subject  to  the 


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right  of  the  state  to  regulate  and  fix  the  rates  of  compensation  for 
which  such  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  may  be  sold,  rented 
or  distributed. 

Sec.  6.  Any  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  hereafter 
intending  to  appropriate  water  or  the  use  of  water  for  the  generation 
of  electricity,  or  of  electrical  or  other  power,  before  commencing  the 
construction  or  enlargement  or  extension  of  any  building,  power  house, 
ditch,  canal  or  any  distributing  or  controlling  works,  or  performing 
any  work  in  connection  with  said  appropriation  or  proposed  appropria- 
tion, shall  make  an  application  in  duplicate  to  the  board  of  control 
provided  for  in  this  act  for  a  permit  to  make  such  appropriation.  No 
person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  shall  wilfully  divert  or  use 
water  or  shall  wilfully  attempt  to  divert  or  use  water  for  generating 
electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  without  first  complying  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act.  The  possession  or  use  of  water  for  gener- 
ating electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  except  when  a  right  to 
said  water  or  the  use  thereof  shall  have  been  acquired  in  accordance 
with  law  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  such  wilful  diversion  or  use 
or  attempted  diversion  or  use  of  such  water. 

Sec.  7.  E\'ery  application  for  a  permit  to  appropriate  water  or  the 
use  of  water  for  the  generation  of  electricity  or  of  electrical  or  other 
power  shall  set  forth  the  residence,  or  principal  place  of  business  if  the 
applicant  be  a  corporation  and  postoffice  address  of  the  applicant,  the 
source  of  the  water  or  the  use  of  water  to  be  appropriated  or  used,  the 
nature  and  amount  of  the  proposed  use,  the  head  of  and  amount  of 
water  to  be  utilized,  the  uses  to  which  the  water  and  electricity  or 
electrical  or  other  power  are  to  be  applied,  the  nature,  the  location 
(which  may  be  changed  by  permission  of  the  board  of  control),  the 
character,  the  estimated  capacity,  and  (he  estimated  cost  of  the  works, 
and  whether  the  water  is  to  be  and  will  be  returned  to  the  stream  or 
source  from  which  it  is  to  be  taken  and  if  so  at  what  point  on  the 
stream  or  source  it  is  proposed  to  return  said  water  to  said  stream  or 
source.  If  the  application  is  for  the  construction  of  a  reservoir  for 
the  purpose  of  storing  water  to  be  used  for  the  generation  of  electricity 
or  of  electrical  or  other  power,  it  shall  give  the  estimated  height  of 
the  dam  and  the  estimated  capacity  of  the  reservoir  in  addition  to  the 
other  requirements  above  set  forth.     All  applications  shall  be  accom- 


panied by  such  maps  and  drawings  in  duplicate  and  such  other  data 
in  duplicate  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  control,  and  such 
accompanying  data  shall  be  considered  as  a  part  of  the  application. 
A  true  copy  of  such  application  without  such  accompanying  data  and 
maps  and  drawings  shall  be  recorded  by  the  applicant  in  the  office  of 
the  recorder  of  the  county,  or  city  and  county,  in  which  the  proposed 
works  are  to  be  erected,  within  ten  days  after  said  application  is  filed 
with  said  board. 

Sec.  8.  Upon  receipt  of  an  application  under  this  act  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  board  of  control  immediately  to  cause  to  be  made  an 
endorsement  thereon  of  the  date  of  its  receipt  and  to  keep  the  duplicate 
of  said  application  and  its  endorsement  on  file  as  a  record  of  the  same. 
The  board  of  control  shall  immediately  examine  the  said  application 
after  it  has  been  filed.  If  upon  such  examination  the  application  is 
found  to  be  defective,  one  copy  of  it  and  its  accompanying  data,  maps 
and  drawings  shall  be  returned  to  the  applicant  for  correction  or  com- 
pletion, and  the  date  of  and  reasons  for  the  return  thereof  shall  be 
endorsed  thereon  and  a  record  kept  of  such  endorsement  in  the  office 
oi  the  board  of  control.  No  application  shall  lose  its  priority  of  filing 
on  account  of  such  defect ;  provided,  a  proper  application  is  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  board  of  control  within  thirty  days  of  the  date  of 
said  return  to  the  applicant.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of 
control  within  six  months  to  enter  an  order  directing  the  rejection  of 
such  application  if  after  further  hearing  the  public  interests  shall 
seem  to  the  board  of  control  so  to  demand.  Applications  may  be 
approved  for  a  less  amount  of  water  or  the  use  of  water  than  that 
applied  for.  if  there  exist  substantial  reasons  therefor,  but  in  any  event 
shall  not  be  approved  for  more  water  or  the  use  of  water  than  can  be 
applied  to  the  use  for  which  application  is  made  under  an  efficient  and 
economical  use  thereof. 

Sec.  9.  The  approval  or  rejection  of  an  application  shall  be  endorsed 
thereon  and  a  record  made  of  such  endorsement  in  the  office  of  the 
board  of  control.  One  copy  of  the  application  so  endorsed  shall  be 
returned  immediately  to  the  applicant  in  person  or  by  registered  mail. 
If  said  application  be  approved,  the  applicant  shall  immediately  record 
s:iid  approved  application,  (ogetlier  with  the  endorsement  thereon,  in 
the  office  of  the  recorder  of  the  county,  or  city  and  county,  iu  which 


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the  proposed  works  are  to  be  constructed  and  shall  be  authorized  on 
receipt  of  said  approval  and  on  recording  the  same,  to  proceed  with 
the  construction  of  the  necessary  worlss  and  to  false  all  steps  required 
to  apply  the  water  or  the  use  of  the  water  to  the  purpose  of  generating 
electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  as  provided  in  the  approved 
application,  and  to  perfect  the  proposed  appropriation  ;  proiHdcd,  how- 
ectr,  that  no  right  in  or  to  such  water  or  the  use  thereof  shall  vest  in 
or  accrue  to  the  said  applicant  until  the  final  iiermit  is  issued  as  is 
hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  10.  Actual  construction  work  shall  begin  within  six  months 
from  the  date  of  the  approval  of  the  application  and  the  construction 
of  the  work  shall  thereafter  be  prosecuted  with  I'easonable  diligence  in 
proportion  to  the  magnitude  of  the  undertaking,  and  if  such  work  is 
not  so  commenced  and  prosecuted  the  board  of  control  may  revoke  its 
approval  of  the  application  ;  and  such  work  shall  be  completed  within 
a  reasonable  time  as  fixed  in  the  permit  not  to  exceed  five  years  from 
the  date  of  such  approval.  Upon  application  of  the  proposed  appro- 
priator  the  board  of  control  may  for  good  cause  shown  extend  the  time 
within  which  such  work  shall  be  completed  under  any  permit  but  no 
such  extension  shall  be  for  a  longer  period  than  one  year  beyond  the 
period  fixed  in  the  permit. 

Sec.  11.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  works  for  the  diversion  and 
application  of  water  or  the  use  of  water  under  this  act  the  holder  of 
such  permit  or  his  assigns  shall  report  such  completion  to  the  board 
of  control,  and  the  board  of  control  without  delay  shall  cause  to  be 
made  a  full  inspection  and  examination  of  the  works  constructed  and 
a  report  upon  their  construction  and  condition  and  whether  or  not 
they  conform  to  the  terms  of  the  application  and  permit  and  are 
adequate  for  the  purposes  intended. 

Sec.  12.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such  report,  the  board  shall,  if  the 
law  has  been  fully  complied  with,  and  if  the  work  shall  have  been 
completed  in  accordance  with  the  application,  issue  a  license  to  the 
applicant  or  bis  assigns,  allowing  him  or  them  to  divert  and  use  said 
water  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  use  proposed, 
for  a  certain  period  of  time  therein  specified,  but  in  no  case  for  more 
than  twenty-five  (25)  years.  Licenses  granted  upon  application  made 
under  this  act  for  water  or  the  use  of  water  shall  be  numbered  con- 


secutively as  to  each  stream  or  other  source  in  the  order  as  to  the 
dates  when  such  applications  are  filed. 

Sec.  13.  Said  license  shall  set  forth  the  name  of  the  licensee,  his 
place  of  residence,  and  if  a  corporation  or  firm  or  association  the  date 
of  its  organization  and  its  principal  place  of  business,  the  stream  or 
source  from  which  the  water  is  to  be  diverted  or  used,  the  quantity 
of  water  the  licensee  is  authorized  to  divert  from  the  stream  or  source, 
the  point  or  points  on  said  stream  or  source  at  which  said  water  is 
to  be  diverted  or  used,  the  location  of  the  proposed  works,  the  period 
of  time  for  which  the  water  may  be  used,  which  in  no  case  shall  be 
for  more  than  twenty-five  years,  by  what  means  and  the  purposes  for 
which  the  licensee  is  authorized  to  use  the  same. 

Sec.  14.  Any  license  issued  as  above  provided  for  water  or  the  use 
of  water  appropriated  under  this  act  shall  vest  in  the  licensee  the 
right  to  the  use  of  the  amount  of  water  mentioned  therein  for  the 
period  of  time  therein  set  forth,  in  the  manner  and  for  the  purposes 
therein  mentioned  and  not  otherwise ;  provided,  that  such  license  shall 
not  impair  or  affect  any  rights  to  water  or  the  use  of  water  which  shall 
have  become  vested  prior  to  the  making  of  the  application  above  pro- 
vided for. 

Sec.  15.  Any  appropriator  of  water  or  the  use  of  water  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  for  the  purpose  of  generating  electricity  or  elec- 
trical or  other  power,  or  the  successor  or  assigns  of  said  appropriator, 
if  a  renewal  or  extension  of  the  license  herein  provided  for  is  desired, 
shall,  not  less  than  one  or  more  than  two  years  prior  to  the  termina- 
tion of  the  license  granted  as  herein  provided,  notify  the  board  of 
control  that  a  renewal  and  extension  of  such  license  is  desired.  The 
board  of  control  shall  thereupon  issue  to  said  appropriator  a  renewal 
and  extension  of  said  license  for  a  fixed  period  but  in  no  case  for  more 
than  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  from  the  date  of  such  renewal  in 
compliance  with  such  laws  of  the  state  as  shall  then  be  in  force  regu- 
bnting  the  renewal,  issuing  and  granting  of  any  license  for  water  or 
the  use  of  water  for  generating  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power. 

Sec.  10.  No  license  for  the  appropriation  of  water  or  the  use  of 
water  as  herein  provided  shall  be  valid  as  to  any  excess  of  the  rapacity 
of  the  works  actually  constructed. 

Sec.  17.     The  board  of  control  may  upou  application  made  therefor 


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in  the  mauiier  jirovided  in  this  act  and  upon  like  procedure,  grant  to 
any  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  a  license  to  divert  and 
store  for  the  purpose  of  generating  electricity  or  electrical  or  other 
power  the  surplus  waters  of  any  stream  during  floods  or  high  water 
or  during  those  portions  of  the  year  when  such  water  is  not  required 
or  being  stored  for  irrigation  purposes,  and  for  the  purpose  of  this  act 
all  water  which  is  not  used  during  the  season  of  flood  or  high  water- 
is  declared  to  be  surplus  water. 

Sec.  18.  All  appropriations  of  water  or  the  use  of  water  for  gener- 
ating electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  heretofore  or  hereafter 
made  shall  be  subject  to  the  right  of  the  state  to  impose  the  fees  and 
charges  herein  provided  and  shall  also  be  subject  to  the  right  of  the 
state  to  increase  or  decrease  such  fees  and  charges  from  time  to  time 
thereafter. 

Sec.  10.  E\ery  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  making 
application  for  permission  to  appropriate  water  or  the  use  of  water 
under  this  act  shall  at  the  time  of  filing  the  said  application  pay  to 
said  board  of  control  a  fee  of  ten  dollars.  Every  person,  firm,  associa- 
tion or  corporation  at  the  time  of  receiving  a  license  to  appropriate 
water  or  the  use  of  water  as  provided  in  this  act  shall  pay  to  said 
board  a  fee  of  one  hundred  dollars  and  also  shall  pay  to  said  board 
when  the  said  license  is  issued,  and  in  addition  thereto  and  annually 
thereafter  shall  pay  to  said  board  a  charge  for  each  theoretical  horse 
power  of  the  works  estimated  as  follows :  For  the  first  one  hundred 
(100)  horse  power  there  shall  be  no  charge:  and  for  all  above  one 
hundred  (100)  horse  power  ten  (10)  cents  for  each  horse  power.  All 
fees  collected  shall  be  accounted  for  at  the  following  regular  meeting 
of  the  board  of  control  and  paid  by  said  board  into  the  general  fund 
of  the  state  treasury  within  thirty  days  thereafter. 

Sec.  20.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
a  board  of  control,  to  consist  of  five  persons,  is  hereby  created  and 
established.  Three  members  of  said  board  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
governor  for  a  term  of  four  years ;  provided,  that  the  members  first 
appointed  shall  be  appointed  so  that  one  of  them  shall  go  out  of  otfice 
at  the  end  of  one  .vear.  one  at  the  end  of  two  yens,  and  one  at  the  end 
of  three  .vcars.  The  governor  and  the  slate  engineer  are  hereby  made 
ex  officio  members  of  said  board  of  control  in  addition  to  the  three 


members  appointed  by  the  governor.  The  appointed  members  of  said 
board  shall  receive  as  compensation  for  services  rendered  by  them,  as 
such  members,  the  sum  of  ten  (10)  dollars  per  day  for  each  day's 
service  actually  rendered.  If.  however,  there  shall,  hereafter,  be 
created  by  law,  any  state  board  or  commission  having  power  to  regu- 
late or  fix  rates  to  be  charged  for  services  rendered,  or  commodities 
furnished,  by  public  utilities,  or  by  persons  or  corporations  engaged 
in  public  service  business,  or  if  any  state  board  or  commission  now 
existing  shall  hereafter  have  such  powers  conferred  upon  it,  then  the 
powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of  control  herein  created  shall  vest  in 
and  be  exercised  by  such  board  or  commission,  and  said  board  of 
control  shall  thereupon  cease  to  exist. 

Sec.  21.  The  board  of  control  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  do  and  perform  tlie  acts  and  things  required  of  it  by  this  act  and 
to  adopt  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  to  provide  for  the 
public  hearing  upon  the  merits  of  all  applications  filed  with  the  board 
and  to  prescribe  the  rules  of  procedure  to  be  observed  at  such  hearings. 

Sec.  22.  Every  member  of  said  board  of  control  is  hereby  authorized 
to  administer  oaths  and  to  cause  the  production  of  persons,  papers, 
records  and  books  in  all  matters  of  business  transacted  before  said 
board. 

Sec.  23.  A  full  and  accurate  record  of  the  business  transacted  or 
acts  performed  by  any  member  of  the  board  of  control  and  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  meetings  of  said  board  shall  be  kept  and  shall  be  placed 
on  file  in  the  office  of  said  board  of  control. 

Sec.  24.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
the  said  board  of  control  is  authorized  to  employ  such  expert,  technical, 
)u-ofessional  and  clerical  assistance  and  upon  such  terms  as  it  may 
deem  proper.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this 
act  during  the  sixty-third  and  sixty-fourth  fiscal  years  the  sum  of  fifty 
thousand  (.TO.OOO)  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  funds  of 
the  state  not  otherwise  appropriated,  and  the  state  controller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  draw  warrants  upon  such  sum  from  time 
111  time,  upon  the  requisition  of  the  state  board  of  cniitnil  a]iproved  by 
the  board  of  examiners,  and  the  state  treasuivr  is  lieii'liy  .iiilhorized 
and  directed  to  pay  such  warrants. 


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Sec.  25.  AH  indebtedness  incurred  for  salaries  and  all  necessary 
costs  and  traveling  and  other  expenses  of  said  board  and  each  of  its 
members  and  persons  employed  by  it,  while  actually  engaged  in  the 
business  of  said  board,  shall  be  paid  by  the  state  out  of  the  funds 
hereby  appropriated  upon  a  sworn  statement  of  the  person  or  persons 
incurring  such  indebtedness  and  upon  the  approval  of  the  board  of 
control  and  the  state  board  of  examiners  upon  warrants  drawn  upon 
the  state  treasurer  as  provided  by  law  for  the  payment  of  similar  costs 
and  expenses  and  the  drawing  of  similar  warrants. 

Sec.  2C.  All  persons,  firms,  associations  or  corporations  generating 
electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  by  water  or  the  use  of  water 
appropriated  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  keep  their  plants 
and  systems  in  proper  repair  and  shall  upon  the  first  day  of  January 
after  the  ijassage  of  this  act,  and  annually  thereafter,  report  to  said 
board  of  control  the  condition  of  their  plants  and  distributing  systems, 
I  he  number  of  kilowatt  hours  of  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power 
m'uerated  during  each  month  of  said  year,  the  number  of  kilowatt 
hours  of  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  rented,  sold  or  dis- 
tributed during  each  month  of  said  year  and  the  names  of  the  persons, 
firms,  associations  or  corporations  to  whom  said  power  has  been  rented, 
sold  or  distributed. 

Sec.  27.  The  board  of  control  shall  maintain  its  office  at  Sacra- 
mento, California.  The  secretary  of  state  shall  furnish  and  set  aside 
in  the  capitol,  rooms  suitable  for  offices  for  said  board  of  control,  and 
if  the  secretary  of  state  shall  make  and  file  an  affidavit  with  the  said 
board  that  it  is  not  possible  for  him  as  such  secretary  of  state  to 
provide  offices  for  said  board  in  the  capitol,  then  the  said  board  may 
rent  rooms  suitable  for  offices,  and  said  rental  shall  be  deemed  a  neces- 
.sary  exixjnse  of  said  board. 

Sec.  28.  No  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  appropriating 
v.ater  or  the  use  of  water  hereunder  shall  enter  into  an.v  agreement, 
combination  or  trust  in  restraint  of  trade  contrary  to  law,  and  if  any 
of  the  works  owned  or  operated  by  any  licensee  under  this  act  or  his 
assign  or  assigns  shall  be  owned,  leased,  trusteed,  possessed  or  con- 
I  rolled  by  any  device,  permanently,  temporarily,  directly  or  indirectly, 
(acitly.  or  in  any  manner  whatsoever  so  that  it  or  they  form  a  part 
of  or  in  any  way  affect  any  combination,  or  if  it  or  they  are  in  any 


wise  controlled  by  any  combination  or  conspiracy  to  limit  the  output 
of  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power,  or  to  increase  the  price  at 
which  electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power  is  sold,  rented  or  dis- 
tributed, or  to  prevent  the  lowering  of  said  price  or  in  restraint  of 
trade  with  foreign  nations  or  between  two  or  more  states  or  territories 
or  with  any  state  or  territory  in  the  generation,  sale,  distribution  of 
electricity  or  electrical  or  other  power,  all  rights  to  the  appropriation 
of  water  or  the  use  of  water  shall  cease  and  be  forfeited  to  the  people 
of  the  state  by  proceedings  instituted  in  the  courts  for  that  purpose  by 
the  attorney  general  of  the  state  either  upon  his  own  initiative  or  upon 
demand  of  the  board  of  control. 

Sec.  29.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  or  of  any  order 
or  regulation  of  the  board  of  control  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  mis- 
demeanor and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand 
(5,000)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding 
one  (1)  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  board  of  control  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  to 
prosecute  violations  thereof,  by  proceeding  in  a  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction,  against  any  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  violat- 
ing any  such  provision  or  failing  or  refusing  to  comply  with  any  regu- 
lation or  requirement  of  the  board  of  control  made  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  this  act 

Sec.  30.  None  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  apply  to  municipal 
corporations,  other  than  irrigation  districts  or  lighting  districts,  nor 
to  the  use  by  any  irrigation  district  of  water  for  the  generation  of 
electricity,  electrical  or  other  power  only  for  use  and  distribution 
within  its  own  limits,  and  as  subsidiary  to  and  mainly  for  the  purpose 
of  serving  and  carrying  out  irrigation,  nor  to  the  use  by  any  lighting 
district  of  water  for  the  generation  of  electricity,  electrical  or  other 
power  only  for  use  and  distribution  within  its  own  limits;  provided, 
howrvei;  that  all  municipal  corporations,  other  than  irrigation  districts 
and  lighting  districts,  desiring  to  appropriate  water  for  the  generation 
of  electricity,  electrical  or  other  power,  and  all  irrigation  districts  and 
lighting  districts  desiring  to  appropriate  water  for  the  generation  of 
electricity,  electrical  or  other  power,  and  all  irrigation  districts  and 
lighting  districts  desiring  to  appropriate  water  for  the  generation  of 
electricity,  electrical  or  other  power  for  the  uses  hereinabove  in  this 


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sccliou  specified  shall  within  ten  days  from  the  time  that  they  post  and 
record  notices  of  appropriation,  as  required  by  law,  file  with  the  board 
of  ooutrul  a  notice  of  said  appropriation  together  with  the  name  and 
postoffice  address  of  the  approprlator,  the  source  of  the  water  to  be 
appropriated  or  used,  the  nature  and  amount  of  the  proposed  use,  the 
head  of  an  amount  of  water  proposed  to  be  utilized,  the  uses  to  which 
the  water  and  power  are  to  be  applied,  the  nature,  location,  character, 
estimated  capacity  and  estimated  cost  of  the  works  and  whether  the 
water  is  to  be  and  will  be  returned  to  the  stream  or  source  from  which 
it  is  to  be  taken  and  if  so,  at  what  point  on  said  stream  or  source. 
It  the  appropriation  contemplates  the  construction  of  a  reservoir  for 
the  purpose  of  storing  water  to  be  used  for  the  generation  of  electricity 
or  electrical  or  other  power,  the  notices  filed  with  the  board  shall  also 


give  the  estimated  height  of  the  dam  and  the  estimated  capacity  of  the 
reservoir  in  addition  to  the  other  requirements  above  set  forth. 

Sec.  31.  Wherever  in  this  act  the  performance  or  doing  of  certain 
acts  or  things  by  any  firm,  association  or  corporation  is  made  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  a  penalty  provided  therefor,  the  person,  officer,  member, 
manager,  agent,  director  or  employee  of  any  such  firm,  association  or 
corporation  who  by  vote,  act,  authorization,  direction,  order  or  request 
shall  have  caused  such  act  or  thing  to  be  done  is  likewise  and  in  the 
same  manuer  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  likewise 
and  in  the  same  manner  as  the  person  actually  performing  or  doing 
the  act  or  thing. 

Sec.  32.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  33.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


ACQUISITION  OF  WATER  RIGHTS. 


CHAPTER  407. 

An  act  to  amend  section  I'flO  of  the  Civil  Code  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, relating  to  the  rights  to  water  which  may  be  acquired  by 
appropriation. 

[Approved   April    8,    1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  ftilloxcs: 

Section  1.    Section  1410  of  the  Civil  Code  of  the  State  of  California 
is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

§  1410.     All  water  or  the  use  of  water  within  the  State  of  California 


i.=!  the  property  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  California,  but  the  right 
to  the  use  of  running  water  flowing  in  a  river  or  stream  or  down  a 
canyon  or  ravine  may  be  acquired  by  appropriation  in  the  manner 
provided  by  law ;  provided,  that  no  water  for  the  generation  of  elec- 
tricity or  electrical  or  other  power  may  be  appropriated  for  a  longer 
period  than  twenty-five  years,  except  by  a  municipal  corporation,  other 
than  an  irrigation  district  or  a  lighting  district,  or  by  an  irrigation 
district  when  such  electricity,  electrical  or  other  power  is  for  use  and 
distribution  only  within  its  own  limits,  and  as  subsidiary  to  and  mainly 
for  the  purpose  of  serving  and  carrying  out  irrigation,  or  by  a  lighting 
district  when  such  electricity,  electrical  or  other  power  is  for  use  and 
distribution  only  within  its  own  limits. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


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WITHDRAWING  LANDS  WITHIN   MEANDER  LINES. 


CHAPTER  612. 

.Ill  act  relating  to  lakes  and  streams,  the  waters  of  icMeh  contaiji 
minerals  in  commercial  quantities;  withdraiving  state  lands  within 
the  meander  lines  thereof  from  sale;  prescribing  conditions  for  taking 
such  minerals  from  said  waters  and  lands,  and  providing  for  the 
leasing  of  lands  uncovered  by  the  recession  of  the  waters  of  such 
lakes  and  streams. 

[Approved  April   27,    1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  folloivs: 

Section  1.  There  is  liereby  withdrawn  from  selection  and  sale  all 
of  the  lands  embraced  within  the  original  meander  lines  of  streams  and 
lakes  belonging  to  the  state,  the  waters  of  which  contain  minerals  in 
commercial  quantities,  and  all  such  lands  which  may  hereafter  inure  to 
the  state  by  virtue  of  its  sovereignty,  excepting  such  lands  now  con- 
tracted to  be  sold  under  sections  3493n!  to  3493^  both  inclusive,  of  the 
Political  Code. 

Sec.  2.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  take  water  from  such 
streams  or  lakes  containing  minerals  and  extract  from  such  waters  such 
minerals,  except  under  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  act ;  and  no 
person,  firm  or  corporation  may  lease  any  land  herein  referred  to  and 
extract  therefrom  minerals  deposited  therein  or  thereon,  except  under 
the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  taking  from  the  waters  of 
such  stream,  lakes  or  lands  any  minerals,  shall  file,  on  or  before  the  last 
Monday  in  .January  of  each  year,  with  the  county  assessor  of  the  county 
in  which  any  such  stream  or  lake  is  situated,  and  also  with  the  state 
controller,  a  written  statement,  duly  verified,  showing  in  tons  of  two 
thousand  pounds,  the  amount  of  mineral  taken  by  such  person,  firm  or 


corporation  from  such  water  or  land  during  the  year  ending  December 
31st  last  preceding,  and  sold  by  said  person,  firm  or  corporation  during 
the  said  .year  preceding.  Any  such  person,  firm  or  coi-poration  neglect- 
ing or  refusing  to  furnish  such  statement  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  after  the  said  last  Monday  in  January 
such  person,  firm  or  corporation,  shall  fail  to  furnish  such  statement, 
and,  in  addition  to  said  fine,  shall  forfeit  all  leases  granting  the  right 
to  extract  such  minerals  from  said  water  and  said  land.  Any  person 
who  shall,  either  on  behalf  of  himself  or  any  firm  or  corporation,  verify 
any  such  statement  which  shall  be  untrue  in  any  material  part,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

Sec.  4.  In  case  either  the  assessor  or  the  state  controller  shall  not 
he  satisfied  with  the  statement  as  returned,  he  may  make  an  examina- 
tion of  the  matters  necessary  to  verify  or  correct  said  statement,  and, 
for  that  purpose,  may  subpoena  witnesses  and  call  for  and  compel  the 
production  of  necessary  books  and  papers  belonging  to  the  person,  firm 
or  corporation  making  the  returns. 

Sec.  5.  The  county  assessor  of  the  county  shall,  after  examination 
and  approval  by  him  and  the  state  controller  of  such  statement,  proceed 
to  collect  from  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  a  roj'alty  of  twenty-five 
cents  for  each  ton  of  tw-o  thousand  pounds  of  mineral  taken  from  such 
water  or  land  by  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  and  sold,  during  the 
preceding  year,  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  collection  of  personal 
property  taxes ;  provided,  that  the  royalty  on  sodium  bicarbonate  and 
on  sodium  hydrate  so  taken  shall  be  fifty  (50)  cents  for  each  ton  of 
two  thousand  pounds. 

Sec.  G.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  desiring  to  lease  any  lands 
under  this  act  must  make  application  therefor  to  the  surveyor  general 
of  the  state,  describing  the  lands  sought  to  be  leased  by  legal  subdivi- 
sions, or  if  the  legal  subdivisions  are  unknown  to  the  applicant,  by 
metes  and  bounds.  The  application  must  be  accompanied  by  a  filing 
fee  of  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  7.     Upon  the  receipt  of  such  application,  the  surveyor  general 


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shall  direct  the  county  surveyor  of  the  county  in  which  such  lands  are 
situated  to  survey  the  land  sought  to  be  leased.  The  county  surveyor 
shall  make  an  actual  survey  of  the  land,  at  the  expense  of  the  applicant, 
establishing  the  four  corners  to  each  quarter  section,  and  connecting 
the  same  with  a  United  States  survey ;  and,  within  thirty  days  file  with 
the  surveyor  general  a  copy,  under  oath,  of  his  field  notes  and  plat.  If 
the  county  surveyor  fails  to  make  the  survey  as  herein  provided,  the 
surveyor  general  shall  immediately  direct  another  person  to  make  the 
survey  at  the  expense  of  the  applicant,  and  said  survey  shall  be  made 
and  completed  within  thirty  days  after  the  authorization,  and  the  field 
notes  and  plats,  or  copies  thereof,  shall  be  sworn  to  by  the  surveyor 
making  them  and  shall  be  filed  with  the  surveyor  general. 

Sec.  S.  All  applications  to  lease  land  under  this  act  shall  be 
approved  or  rejected  by  the  surveyor  general  within  ninety  days  after 
the  receipt  thereof.  Immediately  after  the  approval  of  the  application, 
the  surveyor  general  shall  execute  and  deliver  to  the  applicant  a  lease 
of  the  lands  described  in  the  application. 

Sec.  9.  The  lands  designated  in  this  act  shall  be  leased  at  the  rate 
of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  acre,  per  year,  payable  yearly  in 
advance.  All  moneys  received  as  rental  for  such  lands  and  as  royalty 
upon  the  mineral  product  of  the  waters  of  the  lakes,  streams  or  lands 
above  mentioned,  shall  be  paid  into  the  state  school  land  fund. 

Sec.  10.  Whenever  any  lease  is  delivered  to  the  applicant  by  the 
surveyor  general,  the  lessee  shall  within  fifteen  days  thereafter,  present 
said  lease  to  the  treasurer  of  the  State  of  California,  and  make  payment 
of  the  first  annual  rental.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  the  money  and 
give  a  receipt  therefor.  All  subsequent  annual  payments  of  rental  must 
be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer,  in  like  manner,  within  fifteen  days  after 
they  become  due.  In  case  payments  are  not  made  as  herein  provided, 
the  lease  and  all  rights  thereunder  shall  cease  and  terminate.  No  lease 
shall  run  for  more  than  twenty-five  years ;  provided,  that  upon  the 
expiration  of  any  lease,  such  lease  may  be  extended  for  a  period  of 
twenty-five  years  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  then  be  pro- 
scribed by  law. 

Sko.  11.  All  leases  made  under  the  authorit.v  of  this  act  shall  con- 
tain a  I'eservation  to  the  state  of  a  right  to  locate  rights  of  way  across 


such  leased  lands,  subject  only  to  the  requirements  that  the  rights  of 
way  shall  be  located  in  such  manner  as  to  cause  the  least  injury  to  the 
leased  lands  across  which  the  same  may  be  located,  and  that  any 
damage  suflfered  by  the  lessee  of  such  lands  shall  be  compensated  by 
the  lessee  of  the  lands  for  whose  benefit  the  right  of  way  is  required : 
and  every  such  lease  shall  be  subject  to,  and  shall  contain  a  reservation 
of,  the  right  of  any  city  and  county  or  incorporated  city  or  town  of 
this  state  to  at  any  time  appropriate  and  take,  under  the  laws  of  this 
state  relative  to  the  appropriation  of  waters,  water  from  any  stream  or 
lake  tributary  to  or  discharging  into  any  stream  or  lake  of  the  char- 
acter mentioned  in  section  one  of  this  act,  for  any  use  or  uses  within 
the  authorized  powers  of  such  city  and  county,  or  incorporated  city 
or  town. 

Sec.  12.  Leases  of  rights  of  way,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  feet  in 
width,  for  access  to  any  water  or  lands  designated  by  this  act,  may  be 
applied  for  and  granted  in  the  manner  herein  provided  for  leasing 
lands.  Such  rights  of  way  shall  be  leased  at  an  annual  rental  of  two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  an  acre,  and  the  same  shall  be  paid  as  herein 
provided  for  leased  lands. 

Sec.  13.  All  leases  of  mineral  lands  provided  for  by  this  act  shall 
cease  and  terminate  on  December  31st  of  any  year  if  the  lessee  or 
assigns  has  not,  during  the  year  preceding,  extracted  or  removed  from 
such  land  and  water  an  amount  of  mineral  equal,  in  the  aggregate, 
to  a  minimum  of  five  tons  per  acre  of  land  leased  ;  provided,  that  when 
a  lease  is  not  delivered  to  the  lessee  until  after  the  fifteenth  day  of 
Januar.v  of  an.v  ,vear.  the  minimum  tonnage  for  such  year  shall  be 
less  than  five  (.5)  tons,  and  shall  be  proportional  to  the  number  of 
days  remaining  in  such  year  after  the  completion  of  the  works. 

Sec.  14.  The  surveyor  general  is  hereby  authorized  to  prepare, 
make,  execute  and  deliver  all  papers,  instruments  and  documents,  and 
to  do  any  and  all  things  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this 
act. 

Sec.  15.  The  legislature  shall  have  the  right  to  change,  from  time  to 
time,  the  royalty  per  ton  of  minerals  extracted  and  the  annual  rental 
per  acre  of  land,  and  such  change  shall  apply  to  all  persons,  firms  or 
corporations  holding  leases  hereinunder ;  provided,  that  no  lease  given 


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uuder  this  act  shall  be  subject  to  anj-  change,  as  to  the  royalty  or  rental 
provided  for  in  said  lease,  subsequent  to  the  execution  of  such  lease 
until  after  ten  years  from  the  passage  of  this  act. 

Sec.  16.  Any  lessee  hereinuuder  may  abandon  and  surrender  a 
lease  at  the  expiration  of  any  calendar  year  by  filing  with  the  county 
assessor  of  the  county  in  which  is  situated  the  lands  described  in  said 
lease,  and  with  the  surveyor  general  and  the  state  controller,  notices 


of  said  abandonment  or  surrender;  but  said  notices  must  be  filed  at 
least  sixty  days  before  the  expiration  of  said  calendar  year ;  and  said 
abandonment  and  surrender  shall  not  absolve  the  said  lessee  from  the 
payment  of  any  royalty  which  may  be  due  at  the  end  of  said  fiscal 
year,  for  minerals  extracted  from  the  waters  or  lands  in  this  act 
specified. 

Sec.  17.    This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


CONCERNING  WORKS  TO  DIVERT  WATER. 


CHAPTER  730. 

.Ill  act  tu  amend  section  fourteen  hundred  and  sixteen  of  the  Civil  Code 
iif  the  State  of  California  relating  to  the  work  required  to  be  done  in 
the  appropriation  of  waters  of  the  state. 

[Approved  May   1,    1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assein- 
Tily,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  ].  Section  141G  of  the  Civil  Code  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

S  T41G.  Within  sixty  days  after  the  notice  is  posted,  the  claimant 
iiuist  commence  the  excavation  or  construction  of  the  works  in  which 
he  intends  to  divert  the  water,  or  the  survey,  road  or  trail  building, 
necessarily  incident  thereto,  and  must  prosecute  the  work  diligently 
and  uninterruptedly  to  completion,  unless  temporarily  interrupted  by 
snows  or  rain  ;  proridcd,  that  if  the  erection  of  a  dam  has  been  recom- 
mended by  the  California  debris  commission  at  or  near  the  place  where 
it  is  intended  to  divert  the  water,  the  claimant  shall  have  sixty  days 


after  the  completion  of  such  dam  in  which  to  commence  the  excavation 
or  construction  of  the  works  in  which  he  intends  to  divert  the  water ; 
provided,  that  whenever  any  city  and  county,  or  any  incorporated  city 
or  town  within  this  state  makes,  or  has  made,  or  acquires,  or  has 
acquired  any  appropriation  of  any  of  the  waters  of  this  state  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  141.5  of  this  code,  it  shall  not 
be  necessary  for  such  city  and  county,  city  or  town  to  commence  the 
work  for  development  of  more  of  the  water  so  claimed  than  is  actually 
necessary  for  the  immediate  needs  of  such  city  and  county,  city  or 
town,  and  it  shall  be  held  to  be  a  sufficient  compliance  with  the  require- 
ments of  this  chapter  to  the  full  amount  of  water  stated  in  the  notice 
posted  and  recorded,  for  such  city  and  county,  city  or  town  to  within 
sixty  daj's  make  the  necessar.v  surveys,  or  within  six  months  to  author- 
ize the  issuance  of  municipal  bonds,  for  the  construction  of  tlio  neces- 
sary works  designed  to  supply  such  city  and  county,  city  or  town  with 
the  water  required  for  immediate  use.  Any  appropriation  hei-etoforc 
made  by  any  such  city  and  county,  city  or  town  in  connection  with 
which  surveys  were  at  any  time  made,  or  an  issue  of  bonds  authorized 
for  (he  construction  of  any  portion  of  the  works  necessary  for  a  diver- 
sion of  any  part  of  the  water  appropriated,  is  hereby  confirmed  to  the 
full  amount  of  water  stated  in  the  original  notice  or  notices. 


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CORPORATION     AND     MINING     LAWS. 

CONSERVATION  COMMISSION  OF  CALIFORNIA. 


CHAPTER  40S. 

All  act  ircatiiuj  and  cstahlishtiig  a  commission  for  iiivcstigatiiig  and 
i/atlicring  data  and  information  concerning  the  suhjects  of  forestry, 
iratcr.  the  use  of  water,  water  power,  clcctricitij,  electrical  and  other 
power,  tnines  and  mining,  mineral  and  other  lands,  dredging,  recla- 
mation and  irrigation,  and  for  revising,  systematizing  and  reforming 
the  laics  of  this  state  upon,  concerning,  regarding  or  appertaining  to 
these  said  subjects;  providing  for  the  appointment  of  said  commis- 
sion to  be  known  as  the  "Conservation  Commission  of  the  State  of 
California" ;  prescribing  the  powers  and  duties  of  said  commission 
and  its  members  and  providing  for  the  expenses  of  said  commission 
and  appropriating  money  therefor. 

[Approved  April  S,  1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  foTloics: 

Section  ].  A  commission  consisting  of  three  persons  which  shall 
be  known  and  designated  as  the  "Conservation  Commission  of  the 
State  of  California."  is  hereby  created  and  established  for  the  purpose 
of  investigating  and  gathering  data  and  information  concerning  the 
subjects  of  forestry,  water,  the  use  of  water,  water  power,  electricity, 
electrical  or  other  power,  mines  and  mining,  mineral  and  other  lands, 
dredging,  reclamation  and  irrigation,  and  for  the  purpose  of  revising, 
systematizing  and  reforming  the  laws  of  this  state,  upon,  concerning, 
regarding  or  appertaining  to  these  said  subjects. 

Sec.  2.  Said  commission  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor,  and 
shall  enter  upon  the  performance  of  its  duties  immediately.  The 
members  of  said  commission  shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
governor.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  said  commission,  such  vacancy  shall 
be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  governor. 

Sec.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commission  to  investigate  and 


examine  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  of  foreign  nations,  of  the  states 
of  the  union  and  of  this  state,  and  the  reports  and  recommendations  of 
persons,  officials,  commissions,  societies  and  associations  upon  the  sub- 
jects of  forestry,  water,  the  use  i>f  water,  water  power,  electricity, 
electrical  and  other  power,  mines  and  mining,  mineral  and  other  lands, 
dredging,  reclamation  and  irrigation  and  to  prepare  and  recommend 
to  the  legislature  laws,  statutes  and  constitutional  amendments  revis- 
ing, systematizing  and  reforming  the  laws  of  this  state  upon  forestry, 
water,  the  use  of  water,  water  power,  electricity,  electrical  and  other 
power,  mines  and  mining,  mineral  and  other  lands,  dredging,  reclama- 
tion and  irrigation.  The  said  commission  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  do  and  perform  the  acts  and  things  required  of  it  by 
this  act,  and  to  adopt  all  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  carry  out 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  commission  is  hereby  empowered  and  authorize<l 
to  have  printed  by  the  state  printer  its  reports,  records  and  proceed- 
ings in  the  manner  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  5.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  attorney  general,  surveyor 
general,  the  state  engineer  and  all  other  state  officers  to  render  such 
aid  and  assistance  to  said  board  as  said  board  may  require. 

Sec.  G.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act 
the  said  commission  is  authorized  to  employ  such  expert,  technical, 
professional  and  clerical  assistance  and  upon  such  terms  as  it  may 
deem  proper. 

Sec.  7.  In  order  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act  the  members 
of  said  commission  or  any  person  authorized  by  it  are  authorized  to 
enter  and  cross  all  lands  within  this  state,  and  to  make  all  proper  and 
necessary  surveys  and  measurements  of  land  and  water ;  provided,  that 
in  doing  so  no  damage  is  done  to  private  property ;  and  it  shall  be  a 
misdemeanor,  for  any  person  or  persons  to  wilfully  and  maliciously 
remove  or  destroy  any  permanent  marks  or  monuments  made  or 
erected  by  said  commission  or  any  person  or  persons  under  its  direc- 
tion or  authorization,  or  to  prevent  the  members  of  the  said  commission 


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1)1-  liny  porson  ailthoi-izrd  |}y  said  cunimissidii  In  cnlor  niiil  frnss  any 
laiiil  within  this  stato  or  to  make  siii-vi'ys  nail  Mioasnirnirnts  of  land 
anil  water. 

Sec.  S.  Said  commissioners  shall  receive  no  salary  for  their  services 
but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  expenses  while  in  the  performance 
of  their  duties  as  in  this  act  provided. 

Sec.  !t.  The  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appro- 
priated out   of  the  funds  of  the  state  not  otherwise  appropriated  for 


the  purposes  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  the  state 
LontroUer  is  hereby  authorized  an<l  directed  to  draw  warrants  upon 
such  sum  from  time  to  time  upon  the  requisition  of  said  conservation 
commission  ajjproved  by  the  board  of  examiners,  and  the  state  treas- 
urer is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  such  warrants. 

Sec.  II).  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  11.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


MANAGEMENT  OF  FOREST  LANDS. 


CHAPTER  392. 

A)i  art  to  amend  section  19  of  an  act  cntillcd  "An  act  to  procide  for 
the  regulation  of  fires  on,  and  the  protection  and  management  of. 
piihlie  and  private  forest  lands  within  the  State  of  California,  crcat- 
inii  a  state  board  of  forestry  and  certain  officers  suliordinatc  to  said 
hoard,  prescribing  the  duties  of  such  officers,  creating  a  forestry 
fund,  and  defining  and  providing  for  the  punishment  of  certain 
offenses  for  violations  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  making  an 
appropriation  therefor,"  approved  March  IS,  lOO.i,  relating  to  slash 
burning. 

[Approved  April  7,  1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  19  of  the  above  entitled  act  approved  March  IS, 
lOO."!.  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  19.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  board  of  forestry,  when- 
ever it  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  to  notify  the  owner  of  any  forest  area 
within  the  state  by  a  written  notice  to  be  served  upon  the  person  or 
persons  or  corporation,  or  either  of  them,  owning  or  having  charge  of 
such  area,   or  upon  the  agents,  attorney  or   representative  of  either, 


by  any  firewarden,  deputy  firewarden  or  special  firewarden  or  any 
employee  of  the  state  board  of  forestry,  in  the  same  manner  as  a 
summons  in  a  civil  action,  or  if  such  area  belongs  to  any  non-resident 
person  or  corporation  and  there  is  no  person  in  control  or  possession 
thereof,  and  such  non-resident  person  or  corporation  has  no  tenant, 
attorney,  representative  or  agent  upon  whom  such  service  can  be  had, 
or  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  area  or  their  tenants,  attornej-s, 
representatives,  or  agents,  can  not  after  due  diligence  be  found,  then 
by  posting  the  said  notice  in  some  conspicuous  place  upon  such  area 
and  by  mailing  a  copy  thereof  to  the  owner  thereof  at  his  last  known 
place  of  residence  if  the  same  is  known  or  can  be  ascertained,  that 
the  said  state  board  of  forestry  intends  to  cause  an  inspection  to  be 
made  of  the  said  forest  area  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether 
or  not  the  same  constitutes  a  nuisance  as  hereinafter  provided.  The 
said  notice  shall  describe  the  forest  area  to  be  inspected  by  general 
description  and  shall  designate  the  time  of  such  inspection.  At  the 
time  so  designated  in  said  notice  the  said  state  board  of  forestry  shall 
cause  an  inspection  to  be  made  of  the  said  forest  area  and  the  said 
owner  or  his  agent  .shall  be  permitted  to  be  present  during  such 
inspection  and  shall  be  given  a  full  opportunity  of  showing  that  such 
forest  area  is 'not  a  nuisance  as  contemplated  by  this  act.  If  the  said 
state   board   of   forestry   after   such   inspection    finds   any    forest   area 


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iuadequatoly  protected  adjoiuiug,  l.viug  near,  or  iutei-mingled  witli 
other  forest  and  covered  wholly  or  in  part  with  inflammable  debris, 
which  by  reason  of  such  location  or  condition  or  hick  of  protection 
endangers  life  or  property,  the  state  board  of  forestry  shall  in  writing 
notify  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  areas  that  the  condition  of  said 
areas  endanger  life  or  property  and  shall  require  such  persons  or  cor- 
poration to  clean  up  such  areas  by  the  use  of  fire  or  otherwise  at  a 
time  and  in  a  manner  to  be  therein  specified.  Said  notice  may  be 
served  upon  the  i)erson  or  persons  or  corporation,  or  either  of  them, 
owning  or  having  charge  of  such  areas  or  upon  the  agents  of  either, 
by  any  firewarden,  deputy  firewarden  or  special  firewarden  or  any 
employee  of  the  state  board  of  forestry,  in  the  same  manner  as  a 
summons  in  a  civil  action  ;  provided,  however,  that  if  any  such  area 
belong  to  any  non-resident  person  or  corporation  and  there  is  no  person 
in  control  or  possession  thereof  and  such  non-resident  person  or  cor- 
poration has  no  tenant,  bailee,  depository  or  agent  upon  whom  such 
service  can  be  had ;  or  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  areas  can  not 
after  due  diligence  be  found,  then  such  notice  may  be  served  by  posting 
the  same  in  some  conspicuous  place  upon  such  area,  and  by  mailing  a 
copy  thereof  to  the  owner  thereof  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence, 
if  the  same  is  known  or  can  be  ascertained.  Any  and  all  such  inade- 
quately protected  forest  areas  adjoining,  lying  near,  or  intermingled 
with  other  forest  and  covered  wholly  or  in  part  with  inflammable 
debris,  which  by  reason  of  such  location  or  condition  or  lack  of  protec- 
tion endangers   life  or  property,  are  hereby  declared  to  be   a  public 


nuisance;  and  whenever  any  such  nuisance  shall  e.\ist  within  the  state, 
and  the  proper  notice  shall  have  been  served,  as  herein  provided,  and 
the  time  specified  in  said  notice  shall  have  elapsed  without  the  nuisance 
having  been  abated,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  board  of  forestry 
to  cause  said  nuisance  to  be  at  once  abated,  by  burning  or  otherwise 
disposing  of  the  inflammable  debris.  The  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid 
by  the  state  in  like  manner  as  bills  for  fire  fighting  are  paid.  Any 
and  all  such  sum  or  sums  so  paid  shall  be  and  become  a  lien  on  the 
property  from  which  said  nuisance  has  been  removed  or  abated  in 
pursuance  of  this  section,  and  said  lien  shall  continue  as  long  as  the 
said  sum  or  sums  above  referred  to  shall  remain  unpaid.  The  claim 
for  any  lien  shall  be  filed  by  the  state  forester,  or,  under  his  direction, 
by  any  of  his  assistants  or  firewardens,  in  the  office  of  the  county 
recorder  of  the  county  in  which  the  property  on  which  said  nuisance 
existed  is  situated.  Proceedings  for  the  enforcement  of  such  lien 
shall  be  instituted  by  the  district  attorney  of  the  county  where  the 
nuisance  existed,  at  the  request  of  the  state  board  of  forestry  and  in 
the  name  of  the  State  of  California  as  claimant ;  and  the  costs  shall 
be  recovered  in  the  usual  manner.  The  state  board  of  forestry  is 
hereby  vested  with  the  power  to  cause  any  and  all  such  nuisances  to 
be  abated  in  a  summary  manner. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  3.    This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 


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CLASSIFICATION  OF  ESTATES  AND  RIGHTS  IN  LANDS. 


CHAPTER  35C. 

.•1m  act  to  amend  section  1239  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  relating 
to  proceedings  to  exorcise  the  right  of  eminent  domain. 

[Approved  April  5,   1911.] 

Section  1.  Section  1239  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  tlie 
State  of  California,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

1239.  The  following  is  a  classification  of  the  estates  and  rights  in 
lands  subject  to  be  taken  for  public  use : 

1.  A  fee  simple,  when  taken  for  public  buildings  or  grounds,  or  for 
permanent  buildings,  for  reservoirs  and  dams,  and  permanent  flooding 
occasioned  thereby,  or  for  an  outlet  for  a  flow,  or  a  place  for  the 
dei)osit  of  debris  or  tailings  of  a  mine. 


2.  An  easement,  when  taken  for  any  other  use ;  provided,  however. 
that  when  the  taking  is  by  a  municipal  corporation,  and  is  for  the 
purpose  of  constructing,  equipping,  using,  maintaining  or  operating 
any  works,  road,  railroad,  tramway,  power  plant,  telephone  line,  or 
other  necessary  works  or  structures,  for  the  preparation,  manufacture, 
handling  or  transporting  of  any  material  or  supplies  required  in  the 
construction  or  completion  by  such  municipal  corporation  of  any  public 
work,  improvement,  or  utility,  a  fee  simple  may  be  taken  if  the  legis- 
lative body  of  such  municipal  corporation  shall,  by  resolution,  deter- 
mine the  taking  thereof  to  be  necessary. 

3.  The  right  of  entry  upon  and  occupation  of  lands,  and  the  right 
to  take  therefrom  such  earth,  gravel,  stones,  trees,  and  tinilxn-  as  may 
be  necessary  for  some  public  use. 


THE  RIGHT  OF  EMINENT  DOMAIN. 


CHAPTER  (13,-). 

An  act  to  amend  section  twelve  hundred  and  thirty-eight  of  the  Code 
of  Civil  Procedure,  relating  to  the  purposes  for  which  the  right  of 
eminent  domain  may  be  exercised,  and  repealing  all  acts  and  parts 
of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act. 

[Approved  April    28,    1911.] 
Section  1.     Section  twelve  hundred  and  thirty-eight  of  the  Code  of 

Civil  Procedure  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows  : 

§  1238.     Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  title,  the  right  of  eminent 

domain  may  be  exercised  iu  behalf  of  the  following  public  uses : 

1.  Fortifications,  magazines,  arsenals,  navy  yards,  navy  and  army 
stations,  lighthouses,  range  and  beacon  lights,  coast  surveys,  and  all 
other  public  uses  authorized  by  the  government  of  the  United  States. 

2.  Public  buildings  and  grounds  for  the  use  of  the  state  and  all  other 
public  uses  authorized  by  the  legislature  of  the  state. 


3.  Public  buildings  and  grounds  for  the  use  of  any  county,  incorpo- 
rated city,  or  city  and  county,  village,  town  or  school  districts ;  ponds, 
lakes,  canals,  aqueducts,  reservoirs,  tunnels,  flumes,  ditches  or  pipes 
for  conducting  or  storing  water  for  the  use  of  any  county,  incorporated 
city,  or  city  and  county,  village  or  town,  or  the  inhabitants  thereof,  or 
for  draining  any  county,  incorporated  city,  or  city  and  county,  village 
or  town ;  raising  the  banks  of  streams,  removing  obstructions  there- 
from, and  widening  and  deepening  or  straightening  their  channels ; 
roads,  highways,  boulevards,  streets  and  alleys ;  public  mooring  places 
for  water  craft ;  public  parks,  including  parks  and  other  places  covered 
by  water,  and  all  other  public  uses  for  the  benefit  of  any  county,  incor- 
porated city,  or  city  and  county,  village  or  town,  or  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  which  may  be  authorized  by  the  legislature  ;  but  the  mode  of 
apportioning  and  collecting  the  costs  of  such  improvements  shall  be 
such  as  may  be  provided  in  the  statutes  by  which  the  siluie  may  be 
authorized. 


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4.  Wharves,  docks,  piers,  chutes,  booms,  ferries,  bridges,  toll  roads, 
by-roads,  plank,  and  turnpike  roads ;  paths  and  roads  either  on  the 
surface,  elevated,  or  depressed,  for  the  use  of  bicycles,  tricycles,  motor 
cycles  and  other  horseless  vehicles,  steam,  electric,  and  horse  railroads, 
canals,  ditches,  dams,  poundings,  flumes,  aqueducts  and  pipes  for  irri- 
gation, public  transportation,  supplying  mines  and  farming  neighbor- 
hoods with  water,  and  draining  and  reclaiming  lands,  and  for  floating 
logs  and  lumber  on  streams  not  navigable. 

.").  Roads,  tunnels,  ditches,  flumes,  pipes  and  dumping  places  for 
working  mines  :  also  outlets,  natural  or  otherwise,  for  the  flow,  deposit, 
or  conduct  of  tailings  or  refuse  matter  from  mines ;  also  an  occupancy 
in  common  by  the  owners  or  possessors  of  different  mines  of  any  place 
for  the  flow,  deposit,  or  conduct  of  tailings  or  refuse  matter  from  their 
several  mines. 

6.  By-roads  leading  from  highways  to  residences,  farms,  mines, 
mills,  factories  and  buildings  for  operating  machinery,  or  necessary  to 
reach  any  property  used  for  public  purposes. 

7.  Telegraph  and  telephone  lines,  systems  and  plants. 

5.  Sewerage  of  any  iucorpoi-ated  city,  city  and  county,  or  of  any 
village  or  town,  whether  incorporated  or  unincorporated,  or  of  any 
settlement  consisting  of  not  less  than  ten  families,  or  of  any  buildings 
belonging  to  the  state,  or  to  any  college  or  university,  also  the  connec- 
tion of  private  residences  and  other  buildings,  through  other  property, 
with  the  mains  of  an  established  sewer  system  in  any  such  city,  city 
and  county,  town  or  village. 

9.  Roads  for  transportation  by  traction  engines  or  road  locomotives. 

10.  Oil  pipe  lines. 

11.  Roads  and  flumes  for  logging  or  lumbering  purposes. 

12.  Canals,  reservoirs,  dams,  ditches,  flumes,  aqueducts  and  pipes 
and  outlets  natural  or  otherwise  for  supplying,  storing  and  discharging 
water  for  the  operation  of  machinery  for  the  purpose  of  generating  and 
transmitting  electricity  for  the  supply  of  mines,  quarries,  railroads, 
tramways,  mills,  and  factories  with  electric  power :  and  also  for  the 
applying  of  electricity  to  light  or  heat  mines,  quarries,  mills,  factories, 
incorporated  cities  and  counties,  villages  or  towns;  and  also  for  fur- 
nishing electricity  for  lighting,  heating  or  power  purposes  to  individuals 
or  corporations,  together  with  lands,  buildings  and  all  other  improve- 


ments in  or  upon  which  to  erect,  install,  place,  use  or  operate  machinery 
for  the  purpose  of  generating  and  transmitting  electricity  for  any  of 
the  purposes  or  uses  above  set  forth. 

13.  Electric  power  lines,  electric  heat  lines,  electric  light  lines, 
electric  light,  heat  and  power  lines,  and  works  or  plants,  for  the 
generation,  transmission  or  distribution  of  electricity  for  the  purpose 
of  furnishing  or  supplying  electric  light,  heat  or  power  to  any  county, 
city  and  county  or  incorporated  city  or  town,  or  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

14.  Cemeteries  for  the  burial  of  the  dead,  and  enlarging  and  adding 
to  the  same  and  the  grounds  thereof. 

1.5.  The  plants,  or  any  part  thereof  or  any  record  therein,  of  all 
persons,  firms  or  corporations  heretofore,  now  or  hereafter  engaged  in 
the  business  of  searching  public  records,  or  publishing  public  records 
or  insuring  or  guaranteeing  titles  to  real  property,  including  all  copies 
of,  and  all  abstracts  or  memoranda  taken  from,  public  records,  which 
are  owned  by,  or  in  the  possession  of  such  persons,  firms  or  corpora- 
tions, or  which  are  used  by  them  in  their  respective  businesses ;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  the  right  of  eminent  domain  in  behalf  of  the  i)ublic 
uses  mentioned  in  this  subdivision  may  be  exercised  only  for  the  pur- 
pose of  restoring  or  replacing,  in  whole  or  in  part,  public  records,  or 
the  substance  of  public  records,  of  any  city,  city  and  county,  county  or 
other  municipality,  which  records  have  been,  or  may  hereafter  be,  lost 
or  destroyed  by  conflagration  or  other  public  calamity ;  and  provided, 
further,  that  such  right  shall  be  exercised  only  by  the  city,  city  and 
county,  county  or  municipality,  whose  records,  or  part  of  whose  records, 
have  been,  or  may  be,  so  lost  or  destroyed. 

16.  Expositions  or  fairs  in  aid  of  which  the  granting  of  public 
moneys  or  other  thing  of  value  has  been  authorized  by  the  constitution. 

17.  Works  or  plants  for  supplying  gas,  heat,  refrigeration  or  power 
to  any  county,  city  and  county,  or  incorporated  city  or  town,  or  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  together  with  lands,  buildings,  and  all  other 
improvements  in  or  upon  which  to  erect,  install,  place,  maintain,  use 
or  operate  machinery,  appliances,  works  and  plants  for  the  purpose  of 
generating,  transmitting  and  distributing  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  3.    This  act  shall  take  elVi'ct  immediately. 


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TRIALS  INVOLVING  MINING  CLAIMS. 


An  act  to  amend  sr 
state 


CHAPTER  744. 


■tion  593  of  the  Code  of  C'iril  Procedure  of  this-, 
relatiiiy  to  trials  in  ciril  causes. 


[Approved  May  1,   1911.] 

Section  1.  Section  five  hundred  and  ninety-five  of  the  Code  of 
Civil  Procedure  of  California  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

§  595.  A  motion  to  postpone  a  trial  on  the  ground  of  the  absence 
of  evidence  can  only  he  made  upon  afiidavit  showing  the  materiality 
of  the  evidence  expected  to  be  obtained ;  and  that  due  diligence  has 
been  used  to  procure  it.  A  trial  shall  be  postponed  when  it  appears 
to  the  court  that  the  attorney  of  record,  party,  or  principal  witness 
is  actually  engaged  in  attendance  upon  a  session  of  the  legislature  of 


this  state  as  a  member  thereof.  The  court  may  require  the  moving 
party,  where  application  is  made  on  account  of  the  absence  of  a 
material  witness,  to  state  upon  affidavit  the  evidence  which  he  expect.s 
to  obtain ;  and  if  the  adverse  party  thereupon  admits  that  such  evi- 
dence would  be  given,  and  that  it  be  considered  as  actually  given  on 
the  trial,  or  offered  and  overruled  as  improper,  the  trial  must  not  be 
postponed.  In  actions  involving  the  title  to  mining  claims,  or  involv- 
ing trespass  for  damage  upon  mining  claims,  if  it  be  made  to  appear 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court  that,  in  order  that  justice  may  be  done 
and  the  action  fairly  tried  on  its  merits,  it  is  necessary  that  further 
developments  should  be  made,  underground  or  upon  the  surface  of 
the  mining  claims  involved  in  said  action,  the  court  shall  grant  the 
postponement  of  the  trial  of  the  action,  giving  the  party  a  reasouab].' 
time  in  which  to  prepare  for  trial  and  to  do  said  development  work. 


LOCATION  OF  MINING  CLAIMS,  MILL  SITES,  AND  ASSESSMENT  WORK. 


CHAPTER  205. 
In  act  to  amend  the  Cii  il  Cudr  of  California  hii  adding  a  new  title 
thereto,  to  he  numln  r:  i1  tillr  X.  in  part  IV  of  dirision  second,  con- 
sisting of  sections  I'liii.  i'/.'i.«.  i-'/,366,  i.'/.26c.  lJ,Z6d,  lli26e,  H26f, 
]'i2l!,j.  Vi:'.r,h,  lJ,26i,  lJ,'2(ij.  ll,26k,  1J,261,  lJ,26ni,  lJ,26n,  l.',2r,o, 
l'i!i>li.  I '/ .'liij.  1^26r,  and  1426s,  providing  for  the  manner  of  locating 
hiilc  and  placer  mining  claims,  tunnel  rights,  mill  sites,  and  prescrib- 
ing the  character  and  amount  of  assessment  work  on  mining  claims, 
and  providing  for  proofs  of  such  work,  and  for  the  recordation  of 
location  notices,  and  proof  of  lahor,  and  for  the  enforcement  of  con- 
tributions from  delinquent  co-oicners  of  mining  claims,  and  prescrib- 
ing the  duties  of  county  recorders  respecting  the  recording  of  location 
notices  of,  and  proofs  of  labor  on,  mining  claims,  ttmnel  rights,  and 
mill  sites,  and  the  fees  to  be  charged  therefor,  and  repealing  acts  in 
conflict  heretcith. 

[Approved  March  13,  1909.] 


The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Civil  Code  of  the  State  of  California  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  a  new  title  thereto,  to  be  numbered  title  X.  in  part 
IV  of  second  division,  consisting  of  sections  1426,  142Ca,  14266,  1426c, 
1426(7,  1426c,  1426/,  1426(7,  14267i,  1426i,  1426/,  1426A-,  14267,  142Cm, 
1426)1,  14260,  1426p,  1426f/,  and  1426c,  and  1426s,  to  read  as  follows: 

§  142G.  Any  person,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  has 
declared  his  intention  to  become  such,  who  discovers  a  vein  or  lode 
of  quartz,  or  other  rock  in  place  bearing  gold,  silver,  cinnabar,  lead, 
tin,  copper,  or  other  valuable  deposit,  may  locate  a  claim  upon  such 
vein  or  lode,  by  defining  the  boundaries  of  the  claim,  in  the  manner 
hereinafter  described,  and  by  posting  a  notice  of  such  location,  at  the 
point  of  discovery,  which  notice  must  contain : 

First — The  name  of  the  lode  or  claim. 

Second — The  name  of  the  locator  or  locators. 


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Third — The  number  of  linear  feet  claimed  in  length  along  the  course 
of  the  vein,  each  way  from  the  point  of  discovery,  with  the  width  on 
each  side  of  the  center  of  the  claim,  and  the  general  course  of  the  vein 
or  lode,  as  near  as  may  be. 

Fourth — The  date  of  location. 

Fifth — Such  a  description  of  the  claim  by  reference  to  some  natural 
object,  or  permanent  monument,  as  will  identify  the  claim  located. 

§  1426a.  The  locator  must  define  the  boundaries  of  his  claim  so 
that  they  may  be  readily  traced,  and  in  no  ca.se  shall  the  claim  extend 
more  than  fifteen  hundred  feet  along  the  course  of  the  vein  or  lode,  nor 
more  than  three  hundred  feet  on  either  side  theveof,  measured  from  the 
center  line  of  the  vein  at  the  surface. 

§  14266.  Within  thirty  days  after  the  posting  of  his  notice  of  loca- 
tion upon  a  lode  mining  claim,  the  locator  shall  record  a  true  copy 
thereof  in  the  ofEce  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which 
such  claim  is  situated,  for  which  service  the  county  recorder  shall 
receive  a  fee  of  one  dollar. 

§  1426c.  The  location  of  a  placer  claim  shall  be  made  in  the  follow- 
ing manner :  By  posting  thereon,  upon  a  tree,  rock  in  place,  stone, 
post  or  monument,  a  notice  of  location,  containing  the  name  of  the 
claim,  name  of  locator  or  locators,  date  of  location,  number  of  feet  or 
acreage  claimed,  such  a  description  of  the  claim  by  reference  to  some 
natural  object  or  permanent  monument  as  will  identify  the  claim 
located,  and  by  marking  the  boundaries  so  that  they  may  be  readily 
traced;  provided,  that  where  the  United  States  survey  has  been 
extended  over  the  land  embraced  in  the  location,  the  claim  may  be 
taken  by  legal  subdivisions  and  no  other  reference  than  those  of  said 
survey  shall  be  required  and  the  boundaries  of  a  claim  so  located  and 
described  need  not  be  staked  or  monumented.  The  description  by 
legal  subdivisions  shall  be  deemed  the  equivalent  of  marking. 

§  1426(7.  Within  thirty  days  after  the  posting  of  the  notice  of  loca- 
tion of  a  placer  claim,  the  locator  shall  record  a  true  copy  thereof  in 
the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such  claim  is 
situated,  for  which  service  the  recorder  shall  receive  a  fee  of  one 
dollar. 

§  1426c.     The  locator  of  a  tunnel  right  or  location,  shall  locate  his 


tunnel  right  or  location  by  posting  a  notice  of  location  at  the  face  or 
point  of  commencement  of  the  tunnel,  which  must  contain  : 

First — The  name  of  the  locator  or  locators. 

Second — The  date  of  the  location. 

Third — The  proposed  course  or  direction  of  the  tunnel. 

Fourth — A  description  of  the  tunnel,  with  reference  to  some  natural 
object  or  permanent  monument  as  shall  identify  the  claim  or  tunnel 
right. 

i  1426f.  The  boundary  lines  of  the  tunnel  shall  be  established  by 
stakes  or  monuments  placed  along  the  lines  at  an  interval  of  not  more 
than  six  hundred  feet  from  the  face  or  point  of  commencement  of  the 
tunnel  to  the  terminus  of  three  thousand  feet  therefrom. 

§  1426j7.  Within  thirty  days  after  the  posting  the  notice  of  location 
of  the  tunnel  right  or  location,  the  locator  shall  record  a  true  copy 
thereof,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such 
claim  is  situated,  for  which  service  the  recorder  shall  receive  a  fee  of 
one  dollar. 

§  1426/i.  If  at  any  time  the  locator  of  any  mining  claim  heretofore 
or  hereafter  located,  or  his  assigns,  shall  apprehend  that  his  original 
location  notice  was  defective,  erroneous,  or  that  the  requirements  of 
the  law  had  not  been  complied  with  before  filing ;  or  in  case  the  original 
notice  was  made  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  he  shall  be  desir- 
ous of  securing  the  benefit  of  this  act,  such  locator,  or  his  assigns, 
may  file  an  additional  notice,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act; 
provided,  that  such  amended  location  notice  does  not  interfere  with 
the  existing  rights  of  others  at  the  time  of  posting  and  filing  such 
amended  location  notice,  and  no  such  amended  location  notice  or  the 
record  thereof,  shall  preclude  the  claimant,  or  claimants  from  proving 
any  such  title  as  he  or  they  may  have  held  under  previous  locations. 

I  1426t.  Where  a  locator,  or  his  assigns,  has  the  boundaries  and 
corners  of  his  claim  established  by  a  United  States  deputy  minetal 
survey,  or  a  licensed  surveyor  of  this  state,  and  his  claim  connected 
with  the  corner  of  the  public  or  minor  surveys  of  an  established  initial 
point,  and  incorporates  into  the  record  of  the  claim,  the  field  notes  of 
such  survey,  and  attaches  to  and  files  with  such  location  notice,  a  cer- 
tificate of  the  surveyor,  setting  forth :  first,  that  said  survey  was  actu- 


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ally  made  by  him.  giving  the  date  thereof ;  second,  the  name  of  the 
claim  surveyed  and  the  location  thereof ;  third,  that  the  description 
incorporated  in  the  declaratory  statement  is  sufficient  to  identify ;  such 
survey  and  certificate  becomes  a  part  of  the  record,  and  such  record 
is  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  facts  therein  contained. 

§  142Gy.  The  proprietor  of  a  vein  or  lode  claim  or  mine,  or  the 
owner  of  a  quartz  mill  or  reduction  works,  or  any  person  qualified  by 
the  laws  of  the  United  States,  may  locate  not  more  than  five  acres  of 
non-mineral  land  as  a  mill  site.  Such  location  shall  be  made  in  the 
same  manner  as  hereinbefore  required  for  locating  placer  claims. 

§  142Gt.  The  locator  of  a  mill  site  claim  or  location  shall,  within 
thirty  days  from  the  date  of  his  location,  record  a  true  copy  of  his 
location  notice  with  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such 
location  is  situated,  for  which  service  the  recorder  shall  receive  a  fee 
of  one  dollar. 

§  14261.  The  amount  of  work  done  or  improvements  made  during 
each  year  to  hold  possession  of  a  mining  claim  shall  be  that  pre- 
scribed by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  to  wit :  One  hundred  dollars 
annually. 

§  142Gm.  Whenever  [a]  mine  owner,  company,  or  corporation  shall 
have  performed  the  labor  and  made  the  improvements  required  by  law 
upon  any  mining  claim,  the  person  in  who.se  behalf  such  labor  was  per- 
formed or  improvements  made,  or  some  one  in  his  behalf,  shall  within 
thirty  days  after  the  time  limited  for  performing  such  labor  or  making 
such  improvements  make  and  have  recorded  by  the  county  recorder,  in 
books  kept  for  that  purpose,  in  the  county  in  which  such  mining  claim 
is  situated,  an  affidavit  setting  forth  the  value  of  labor  or  improve- 
ments made,  the  name  of  the  claim,  and  the  name  of  the  owner  or 
claimant  of  said  claim  at  whose  expense  the  same  was  made  or  per- 
formed. Such  affidavit,  or  a  copy  thereof,  duly  certified  by  the  county 
recorder,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  performance  of  such 
labor  or  the  making  of  such  improvements,  or  both. 

§  142(jn.  For  recording  the  affidavit  herein  required,  the  county 
recorder  shall  receive  a  fee  of  fifty  cents. 

§  142Go.  Whenever  a  co-owner  or  co-owners  of  a  mining  claim  shall 
give  to  a  delinquent  co-owner  or  co-owners  the  notice  in  writing  or 
notice  by  publication  provided  for  in  section  2324,  Revised  Statutes  of 


the  United  States,  an  affidavit  of  the  per.son  giving  such  notice,  stating 
the  time,  place,  manner  of  service,  and  by  whom  and  upon  whom  such 
service  was  made,  shall  be  attached  to  a  true  copy  of  such  notice,  and 
such  notice  and  affidavit  must  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  county 
recorder,  in  books  kept  for  that  purpose,  in  the  county  in  which  the 
claim  is  situated,  within  ninety  days,  after  the  giving  of  such  notice ; 
for  the  recording  of  which  said  recorder  shall  receive  the  same  fees  as 
are  now  allowed  by  law  for  recording  deeds ;  or  if  such  notice  is  given 
by  publication  in  a  newspaper,  there  shall  be  attached  to  a  printed  copy 
of  such  notice  an  affidavit  of  the  printer  or  his  foreman,  or  principal 
clerk  of  such  paper,  stating  the  date  of  the  first,  last  and  each  inser- 
tion of  such  notice  therein,  and  where  the  newspaper  was  published 
during  that  time,  and  the  name  of  such  newspaper.  Such  affidavit 
and  notice  shall  be  recorded  as  aforesaid,  within  one  hundred  and 
eighty  days  after  the  first  publication  thereof.  The  original  of  such 
notice  and  affidavit,  or  a  duly  certified  copy  of  the  record  thereof,  shall 
be  prima  facie  evidence  that  the  delinquent  mentioned  in  section  2324 
has  failed  or  refused  to  contribute  his  proportion  of  the  expenditure 
required  by  that  section,  and  of  the  service  of  publication  of  said 
notice :  provided,  the  writing  or  affidavit  hereinafter  provided  for  is  not 
of  record.  If  such  delinquent  shall,  within  the  ninety  days  required 
by  section  2.324,  aforesaid,  contribute  to  his  co-owner  or  co-owners, 
his  proportion  of  such  expenditures,  and  also  all  costs  of  service  of  the 
notice  required  by  this  section,  whether  incurred  for  publication 
charges,  or  otherwise,  such  co-owner  or  co-owners  shall  sign  and 
deliver  to  the  delinquent  or  delinquents  a  writing,  stating  that  the 
delinquent  or  delinquents   by   name  has   within   the   time   required  by 

.section  2.324  aforesaid,  contributed  his  share  for  the  year 

upon  the mine,  and  further  stating  therein  the  district, 

county  and  state  wherein  the  same  is  situated,  and  the  book  and  page 
where  the  location  notice  is  recorded,  if  said  mine  was  located  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act ;  such  writing  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  county  recorder  of  said  county,  for  which  he  shall  receive  the 
same  fees  as  are  now  allowed  b.v  law  for  recording  deeds.  If  such 
co-owner  or  co-owners  shall  fail  to  sign  and  deliver  such  writing  to 
the  delinquent  or  delinquents  within  twenty  days  after  such  contribu- 
tion, the  co-owner  or  co-owners  so  failing  as  aforesaid  shall  be  liable 


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to  the  peualty  of  oue  buuilreil  dollars,  to  be  recovei-ed  by  any  person 
for  the  use  of  the  delinquent  or  delinquents  in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction.  If  such  co-owner  or  co-owners  fail  to  deliver  such 
writing  within  said  twenty  days,  the  delinquent,  with  two  disinterested 
persons  havinj;  personal  knowledjce  of  such  contribution,  may  make  affi- 
davit setting  forth  in  what  manner,  the  amount  of,  to  whom,  and  upon 
what  mine,  such  contribution  was  made.  Such  affidavit,  or  a  record 
thereof,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such 
mine  is  situated,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  such  contribution. 

§  1426p.  The  record  of  any  location  of  a  mining  claim,  mill  site  or 
tunnel  right,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder,  as  herein  provided 
shall  be  received  in  evidence,  and  have  the  same  force  and  effect  in  the 
courts  of  the  state  as  the  original  notice. 

§  14265.  Copies  of  the  records  of  all  instruments  required  to  be 
recorded  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  duly  certified  by  the  recorder,  in 
whose  custod.y  such  records  are,  may  be  read  in  evidence,  under  the 
same  circumstances  and   rules   as  are   now,  or   may  be  hereafter  pro- 


vided by  law.  for  using  coi)ies  of  instruments  relating  to  real  estate, 
duly  executed  or  acknowledged  or  proved  and  recorded. 

§  1426r.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  in  any  manner  be  con- 
strued as  affecting  or  abolishing  any  mining  district  or  the  rules  and 
regulations  thereof  within  the  State  of  California. 

§  1420.5.  The  failure  or  neglect  of  any  locator  of  a  mining  claim  to 
perform  development  work  of  the  character,  in  the  manner  and  within 
the  time  required  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  shall  disqualify 
such  locators  from  relocating  the  ground  embraced  in  the  original 
location  or  mining  claim  or  any  part  thereof  under  the  mining  laws, 
within  three  years  after  the  date  of  his  original  location  and  any 
attempted  relocation  thereof  by  any  of  the  original  locators  shall  ren- 
der such  location  void. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act,  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  on  and  after 
July  1,  1909. 


SALE  OF  MINING  CLAIMS,  ETC. 


CHAPTER  305. 

An  act  io  amend  section  1557  of  the  Code  of  Civil  I'rocedurc.  relating 
to  the  sale  of  property  of  an  estate,  and  to  add  a  new  section  to  said 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure  to  6e  numbered  1850,  providing  for  a  pro- 
cedure for  the  sale  of  property  belonging  to  an  estate. 

[Approved  March  19,   1909.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  1577  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows : 

§  1.577.  Whenever,  in  any  e-state  now  being  administered,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  administered,  it  shall  appear  to  the  superior  court. 
or  a  judge  thereof,  to  be  for  the  advantage  of  the  estate  to  raise  money 


upon  a  note  or  notes  to  be  secured  by  a  mortgage  of  the  real  property 
of  any  decedent,  or  of  a  minor,  or  an  incompetent  person,  or  any  part 
thereof,  or  to  make  a  lease  of  said  realty,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  to 
agree  to  sell  a  claim,  or  mining  claims,  or  real  property  worked  as  a 
mine,  the  court  or  judge,  as  often  as  occasion  therefor  shall  arise  in 
the  administration  of  any  estate,  may  on  a  petition,  notice,  and  hear- 
ing as  provided  in  this  article,  authorize,  empower  and  direct  the 
e.xecutor  or  administrator,  or  guardian  of  such  minor  or  incompetent 
person,  to  mortgage  such  real  estate,  or  auy  part  thereof,  and  to  exe- 
cute a  note  or  notes  to  be  secured  b.v  such  mortgage,  or  to  lease  such 
real  estate,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  to  enter  into  an  agreement  to  sell 
such  real  estate,  or  any  part  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  A  new  section  to  be  numbered  15S0  is  hereby  added  to  the 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  State  of  California,  to  read  as  follows : 

§  1580.     To  obtain  an  order  to  enter  into  an  agreement  for  the  sale 


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of  a  mining  claim,  or  claims,  or  real  property,  worked  as  a  mine,  the 
proceedings  to  be  taken  and  the  effect  thereof  shall  be  as  follows : 

First — The  executor,  administrator,  guardian  of  a  minor,  or  of  an 
incompetent  person,  or  any  person  interested  in  the  estate  of  such 
decedents,  minors,  or  incompetent  persons,  may  file  a  verified  petition 
showing : 

1.  The  advantage  or  advantages  that  may  accrue  to  the  estate  from 
entering  into  such  an  agreement. 

2.  A  general  description  of  the  property  affected  by  said  agreement. 

3.  The  terms  and  general  conditions  of  the  proposed  agreement. 

4.  The  names  of  the  legatees  and  devisees,  if  any,  and  of  the  heirs 
of  the  deceased,  or  of  the  minor,  or  of  the  incompetent  person,  so  far 
as  known  to  the  petitioner. 

Second — Upon  filing  such  petition  an  order  shall  be  made  by  the 
court  or  judge  requiring  all  persons  interested  in  the  estate  to  appear 
before  the  court  or  judge,  at  a  time  and  place  specified,  not  less  than 
two  or  more  than  four  weeks  thereafter,  then  and  there  to  show  cause 
why  an  agreement  for  the  sale  of  the  realty  should  not  be  made,  and 
referring  to  the  petition  on  file  for  further  particulars. 

Third — The  order  to  show  cause  must  be  personally  served  on  the 
persons  interested  in  the  estate  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time 
appointed  for  hearing  the  petition,  or  it  may  be  published  for  four 


successive  weeks  in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the  county 
if  there  be  one,  and  if  there  is  none  then  in  some  newspaper  of  general 
circulation  in  the  county. 

Fourth — At  the  time  and  place  appointed  to  show  cause,  or  at  such 
other  time  and  place  to  which  the  hearing  may  be  postponed  the  power 
to  make  all  needful  postponements  being  hereby  vested  in  the  court  or 
jury,  the  court  or  judge  having  first  received  satisfactory  proof  of 
personal  service  or  publication  of  the  order  to  show  cause,  must  proceed 
to  hear  the  petition,  and  any  objections  that  may  have  been  filed  or 
presented  thereto.  If,  after  a  full  hearing,  the  court  or  judge  is  satis- 
fied that  it  will  be  for  the  advantage  of  the  estate  to  enter  into  the 
proposed  agreement  for  the  sale  of  the  mines  or  real  estate,  an  order 
must  be  made  authorizing,  empowering  and  directing  the  executor, 
administrator  or  the  guardian  to  make  such  agreement.  The  order  may 
prescribe  the  terms  and  conditions  of  such  agreement. 

Fifth — After  the  making  of  the  order  to  enter  into  said  agreement, 
the  executor,  administrator  or  guardian  of  a  minor  or  of  an  incompe- 
tent person  shall  execute,  acknowledge  and  deliver  an  agreement  con- 
taining the  conditions  specified  in  the  order,  setting  forth  in  the 
agreement  that  it  is  made  by  authority  of  the  order,  and  giving  the 
date  of  such  order.  A  certified  copy  of  the  order  shall  be  recorded  in 
the  ofiice  of  the  county  recorder  of  every  county  in  which  the  land 
affected  by  the  agreement  or  any  portion  thereof  is  situated. 


PROVIDING  FOR  LICENSE  TAX  ON  CORPORATIONS. 


CHAPTER  573. 
In  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  relating  to  revenue  and  taxa- 
tion, providing  for  a  license  tan  upon  corporations,  and  making  an 
appropriation  for  the  purpose  of  earnjing  out  the  objects  of  this 
act,"  approved  March  20,  1905,  amended,  approved  June  13,  1906; 
amended,  approved  March  19,  1907;  anu  ndcd,  approved  March  20, 
1907;  amended,  approved  March  19,  1909.  hii  providing  certain  terms 
and  conditions  whereby  corporations  which  have  failed  to  pay  the 
license  tax  mentioned  in  said  act  may  pay  the  same  and  be  restored 
to  their  former  rights. 


[Approved  April  24,  1911.] 

Section  1.  Section  six  of  an  act  entitled  "An  act  relating  to 
revenue  and  taxation,  providing  for  a  license  tax  upon  coriwrations. 
and  making  an  appropriation  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the 
objects  of  this  act,"  approved  March  20.  190.5,  amended,  approved 
June  13,  190C,  amended,  approved  March  19.  1907.  amended,  approved 
March  20,  1907,  amended,  approved  March  19,  1909,  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  (1.  Any  corporation  which  failed  to  pay  the  license  tax  and 
penalty  required  by  the  act,  or  any  amendment  thereof,  and  of  which 


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this  is  amendatory,  may  pay  all  the  said  license  taxes  and  penalties 
prescribed  by  section  one  of  said  act  and  the  amendments  thereto,  and 
the  license  taxes  and  penalties  that  would  have  accrued  if  such  cor- 
poration had  not  forfeited  its  charter  or  right  to  do  business  and  any 
such  corporation  making  such  payment  shall  be  relieved  from  the 
forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  and 
all  persons  exercising  the  powers  of  any  such  corporation  making  such 
payment  shall  be  relieved  from  the  provisions  of  section  nine  of  said 
act  of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  and  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
immediately  after  the  first  day  of  December,  1011.  transmit  to  the 
county  clerk  of  each  county  in  this  state,  a  list  of  the  corporations 
so  paying  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  which  list  shall 
be  by  said  county  clerk  filed  in  his  office ;  provided,  the  rehabilitation 
of  a  corporation  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  without 
prejudice  to  any  action,  defense  or  right  which  accrued  by  reason  of 
the  original  forfeiture;  atid  provided,  that  in  case  the  name  of  any 
corporation  which  has  suffered  the  forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of 
which  this  act  is  amendatory,  or  a  name  so  closely  resembling  the 
name  of  such  corporation  as  will  tend  to  deceive,  has  been  adopted  by 
any  other  corporation  since  the  date  of  said  forfeiture  then  said  cor- 
poration having  suffered  .said   forfeiture   shall   be   relieved   therefrom 


pursuant  to  the  terms  of  this  section  of  this  act  only  upon  the  adop- 
tion by  said  corporation  seeking  revivor  of  a  new  name,  and  in  such 
case  nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  be  construed  as  permitting 
such  corporation  to  be  revived  or  carry  on  any  business  under  its 
former  name ;  and  such  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  use  its 
former  name  or  take  such  new  name  only  upon  filing  an  application 
therefor  with  the  secretary  of  state  and  upon  the  issuing  of  a  certifi- 
cation to  such  corporation  by  the  secretary  of  state  setting  forth  the 
right  of  such  corporation  to  take  such  new  name  or  use  its  former 
name  as  the  case  may  be;  provided,  however,  that  the  secretary  of 
state  shall  not  issue  any  certificate  permitting  any  corporation  to  take 
or  use  the  name  of  any  corporation  heretofore  organized  in  this  state 
and  which  has  not  suffered  the  forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of 
which  this  act  is  amendatory  or  to  make  or  use  a  name  so  closely 
resembling  the  name  of  such  corporation  heretofore  organized  in  this 
state,  as  will  tend  to  deceive.  The  provisions  of  title  nine,  part  three 
of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this 
section  of  this  act  are  not  applicable  to  corporations  seeking  revivor 
under  this  act. 

Sec.  1.    This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


REGULATIONS  PROVIDED  FOR  CONTROL  OF  EXPLOSIVES. 


CHAPTER  21.3. 

An  act  relating  to  explosives  and  prescribing  regulations  for  the  trans- 
portation, storage  and  selling  of  explosives,  and  providing  penalties 
for  the  violation  of  this  act. 

[Approved  March  20.  1911.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  asscni- 
hly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

.Section  1.     The   term  "explosive"  or  "explosives"   whenever  used 
in  this  act,  shall  include  gunpowder,  blasting  powder,  dynamite,  gun- 


cctton,  nitroglycerine  or  any  compound  thereof,  fulminate,  and  every 
explosive  substance  having  an  explosive  power  equal  to  or  greater 
than  black  blasting  powder,  and  any  substance  intended  to  be  used 
by  exploding  or  igniting  the  same  to  produce  a  force  to  propel  missiles, 
or  rend  apart  substances,  but  does  not  include  said  substances,  or  any 
of  them,  in  the  form  of  fixed  ammunition  for  small  arms.  The  term 
"person"  whenever  used  herein  shall  be  held  to  include  corporations 
as  well  as  natural  persons :  words  used  in  the  singular  number  to 
include  the  plural  and  the  plural  the  singular.  The  words  "explosive 
manufacturing  plant"  shall  be  understood  to  include  all  the  land  used 
in  connection  with  the  manufacture  and  storage  of  explosives  thereat. 
Sec.  2.    Except  only  at  an  explosive  manufacturing  plant,  no  person 


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shall  have,  keep  or  stole,  at  any  place  within  the  state,  any  explosives, 
unless  such  explosives  are  completely  enclosed  and  encased  in  tight 
metal,  wooden  or  fibre  containers,  and,  except  while  being  transported, 
or  within  the  custody  of  a  common  carrier  pending  delivery  to  con- 
signee, shall  be  kept  and  stored  in  a  magazine  constructed  and  operated 
as  hereinafter  described,  and  no  person  having  in  his  possession  or 
control,  any  explosives,  shall  under  any  circumstances  permit  or  allow 
any  grains  or  particles  thereof  to  be  or  remain  on  the  outside  or  about 
the  containers,  in  which  such  explosives  are  contained. 

Sec.  3.  Magazines  in  which  explosives  may  lawfully  be  stored  or 
kept  shall  be  two  classes,  as  follows : 

(o)  Magazines  of  the  first  class  shall  consist  of  those  containing 
explosives  exceeding  fifty  pounds,  and  shall  be  constructed  wholly  of 
brick,  wood  covered  with  iron,  or  other  fireproof  material,  and  must 
be  fireproof,  and,  except  magazines  where  gunpowder  or  black  blasting 
powder  only  is  stored,  must  be  bullet  proof,  and  shall  have  no  openings 
except  for  ventilation  and  entrance.  The  doors  of  such  magazine 
must  be  fireproof  and  bullet  proof,  and  at  all  times  kept  closed  and 
locked,  except  when  necessarily  opened  for  the  purpose  of  storing  or 
removing  explosives  therein  or  therefrom,  by  persons  lawfully  entitled 
(0  enter  the  same.  Every  such  magazine  shall  have  sufficient  openings 
for  ventilation  thereof,  which  must  be  screened  In  such  manner  as  to 
prevent  the  entrance  of  sparks  or  fire  through  the  same.  Upon  each 
side  of  such  magazine  there  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  conspicuously 
posted  a  sign,  with  the  words,  "Magazine,"  "Explosives,"  "Dangerous" 
legibly  printed  thereon  in  letters  not  less  than  six  inches  high.  Xo 
matches,  fire  or  lighting  device  of  any  kind,  shall  at  any  time  be 
permitted  in  any  such  magazine.  No  package  of  explosives  shall  at 
any  time  be  opened  in  any  magazine,  nor  shall  any  open  package  of 
explosives  be  kept  therein.  No  blasting  caps,  or  other  detonating  or 
fulminating  caps,  or  detonators,  or  electric  fuzees,  shall  be  kept  or 
stored  in  any  magazine  in  which  explosives  are  kept  or  stored,  but 
such  caps,  detonators  or  fuzees  may  be  kept  or  stored  in  a  magazine 
constructed  as  above  provided  which  must  be  located  at  least  one 
hundred  feet  from  any  magazine  in  which  explosives  are  kept  or 
stored.  Magazines  in  which  explosives  are  kept  or  stored  must  be 
detached,  and  must  be  located  at  least  one  hundred  feet  from  any  other 
structure. 


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(b)  Magazines  of  the  second  class  shall  consist  of  a  stout  wooden 
box,  covered  with  sheet  iron,  and  not  more  than  fifty  pounds  of 
explosives  shall  at  any  time  be  kept  or  stored  therein,  and,  except 
when  nece.ssarily  opened  for  use  by  authorized  persons,  shall  at  all 
times  be  kept  securely  locked.  Upon  each  such  magazine  there  shall 
at  all  times  be  kept  conspicuously  posted  a  sign  with  the  words, 
"Magazine,"  "Explosives,"  "Dangerous"  legibly  printed  thereon. 

Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  held  to  prohibit  the  keep- 
ing or  storing  of  explosives  in  any  tunnel,  where  no  person  or  persons 
are  employed ;  provided,  always,  that  any  tunnel  so  used  for  the 
storage  of  explosives  shall  have  fireproof  doors,  which  must  at  all 
times  be  kept  closed  and  locked,  except  when  necessarily  opened  for 
the  purpose  of  storing  or  removing  explosives  therein  or  therefrom, 
by  persons  lawfully  entitled  to  enter  the  same.  The  door  of  such 
tunnel  magazine  shall  at  all  times  have  legibly  printed  thereon  the 
words,  "Magazine,"  "Explosives,"  "Dangerous." 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  violating  or  failing  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  sections  two  and  three  of  this  act,  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  and  not  more  than  one  thousand 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  .5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  transport,  carry  or  convey,  any 
explosives  between  any  places  within  this  state,  on  any  vessel,  car 
or  other  vehicle  of  any  description,  operated  by  common  carrier,  which 
vessel,  car  or  vehicle  is  carrying  passengers  for  hire;  provided,  that  it 
shall  be  lawful  to  transport  on  any  such  vessel,  car  or  vehicle,  small 
arms  ammunition  in  any  quantity,  and  such  fuses,  torpedoes,  rockets 
or  other  signal  devices,  as  may  be  essential  to  promote  safety  in  opera- 
tion, and  properly  packed  and  marked  samples  for  laboratory  exam- 
ination, not  exceeding  a  net  weight  of  one  half  pound  each,  and  not 
exceeding  twenty  samples  at  one  time,  in  a  single  vessel,  car  or 
vehicle,  but  such  samples  shall  not  be  carried  in  that  part  of  the 
vessel,  car  or  vehicle,  which  is  intended  for  the  transportation  of 
passengers  for  hire;  provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall 
be  construed  to  prevent  the  transportation  of  military  or  naval  forces 
with  their  accompanying  munitions  of  war  on  passenger  equipment 
vessels,  cars  or  vehicles;  provided,  further,  that  the  transportation  of 


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explosives  on  any  freight  train  in  this  state  that  carries  passengers 
tor  hire  in  a  car  or  caboose  attached  to  the  rear  of  such  train,  shall 
not  be  held  or  construed  to  violate  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  G.  The  railroad  commission  of  this  state  is  hereby  empowered 
to  make,  publish  and  promulgate  such  regulations  as  are  not  in  conflict 
with  this  act  and  as  in  the  judgment  of  said  commission  may  tend  to 
the  safe  packing,  loading,  stoi'age  and  transportation  of  the  explosives 
defined  by  section  one  of  this  act. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  transport,  carry  or  convey  liquid 
nitroglycerine,  fulminate  in  bulk,  in  dry  condition,  or  other  like 
explosive  between  any  places  within  this  state,  on  any  vessel,  car  or 
vehicle  of  any  description,  operated  by  common  carrier  in  the  trans- 
portation of  passengers,  or  articles  of  commerce  by  land  or  water. 

Sec.  S.  Every  package  containing  explosives  or  other  dangerous 
•nrticles  when  presented  to  a  common  carrier  for  shipment  shall  have 
plainly  marked  on  the  outside  thereof,  the  contents  thereon,  and  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  jjerson  to  deliver  for  transportation  to  any 
common  carrier  engaged  in  commerce  by  land  or  water,  or  to  cause 
to  be  delivered  or  to  carry  any  explosive  or  other  dangerous  article, 
under  any  false  or  deceptive  marking,  description,  invoice,  shipping 
order  or  other  declaration,  or  without  informing  the  agent  of  such 
carrier  of  the  true  character  thereof,  at,  or  before  the  time  of  such 
di-Iivery  or  carriage  is  made. 

Sec.  0.  Any  person  who  wilfully  violates  or  causes  to  be  violated 
any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  sections  5,  6,  7  and  8,  of  this  act. 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  punished  for  each  offense  by  fine  not  exceeding  two  thousand 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  eighteen  months,  or  bj'  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  10.  Every  person  selling,  giviug  away,  or  delivering  explosives 
within  this  state,  shall  keep  at  all  times  an  accurate  journal  or  book 
of  record,  in  which  must  be  entered  from  time  to  time,  as  it  is  made, 
each  and  every  sale,  delivery,  gift,  or  other  disposition  made  by  such 
person  in  the  course  of  business,  or  otherwise,  of  any  quantity  of  such 
explosive  substance.  Such  journal  or  record  book  must  show  in  a 
legible  handwriting,  to  be  entered  therein  at  the  time,  a  complete 
history  of  each  transaction,  stating  name  and  quantity  of  explosives 


sold,  delivered,  given  away,  or  otherwise  disposed  of ;  name,  place  of 
residence,  and  business  of  the  purchaser  or  transferee,  name  of 
irdividual  to  whom  delivered,  with  his  or  her  address.  Such  journal 
or  record  book  must  be  kept  by  the  person  so  selling,  delivering  or 
otherwise  disposing  of  such  explosives,  in  his  or  their  principal  oflice  or 
place  of  business,  at  all  times  subject  to  the  inspection  and  examina- 
tion of  the  police  authorities  of  the  state,  county  or  municipality 
where  same  is  situated,  on  proper  demand  therefor.  In  addition  to 
keeping  the  record  above  provided,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  sell,  give  away  or  deliver  any  explosives  within  this  state,  without 
taking  from  the  person  to  whom  such  explosives  are  sold,  given  away 
or  delivered  within  this  state,  a  statement  in  writing,  showing  the 
name  and  the  address  of  the  person  to  whom  such  explosives  are  sold, 
given  away  or  delivered,  and  the  place  where  and  the  purpose  for  which 
such  explosives  are  intended  for  use.  which  statement  shall  be  signed 
by  the  person  to  whom  such  explosives  are  sold,  given  away  or 
delivered,  or  his  agent,  and  be  witnessed  by  tn-o  witnesses,  known  to 
the  person  selling,  giving  away  or  delivering  such  explosives,  to  be 
residents  of  the  county  where  such  explosives,  as  shown  by  such  state- 
ment, are  intended  for  use,  who  shall  certify  that  the  person  to  whom 
such  explosives  are  to  be  sold,  given  away  or  delivered  is  personally 
kuown  to  each  of  said  witnesses,  and  that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge 
and  belief,  the  explosives  are  required  by  such  person  for  the  uses 
and  purposes  set  forth  in  the  statement,  which  said  statement  shall 
at  all  times  be  kept  on  file  in  the  principal  oflice  or  place  of  business 
of  the  person  so  selling,  giving  away  or  delivering  such  explosives, 
subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  police  authorities  of  the  state,  county 
or  municipality  where  the  same  is  situated,  on  proper  demand  made 
tlierefor ;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  held  to  apply 
to  the  delivery  of  explosives  to  any  person  or  carrier  for  the  purpose 
of  being  transported  from  a  place  within  this  state  to  any  other  place 
within  this  state:  and.  provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this  section 
contained  shall  apply  to  interstate  commerce. 

Every  person  .selling,  giving  away  or  delivering  any  explosives  with- 
out complying  with  all  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  not  more  than  two  thousand  dollars,  or 


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CORPORATION     AND     MINING     LAWS. 


by  imprisonment  of  not  less  than  six  months,  or  liy  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

In  addition  to  such  imprisonment  and  as  cumulative  penalty  such 
person  so  offending  shall  forfeit  for  each  offense,  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction,  and  the  party  instituting  the  action  for  such  forfeiture 
shall  not  be  entitled  to  dismiss  same,  without  the  consent  of  the  court 
before  which  the  suit  has  been  instituted ;  nor  shall  any  judgment 
r(  covered  be  set  aside,  satisfied  or  discharged  save  by  order  of  such 
court,  after  full  payment  into  court,  and  all  moneys  so  collected  must 
be  paid  to  the  party  bringing  suit. 

Sec.  11.  No  explosives  in  excess  of  an  amount  sufficient  for  one 
day's  operations  shall  be  taken  into  any  mine  or  underground  workings 
in  this  state,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  an  amount  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  No  person,  except  a  peace  officer  or  a  person  authorized 
so  to  do  by  the  owner  thereof,  or  his  agent,  shall  enter  any  explosive 
manufacturing  plant,  magazine  or  car  containing  explosives  in  this 
state,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  in  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  or  by 


imprisonment  not  exceeding  three  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  discharge  any  firearms  within  five  hundred 
feet  of  any  magazine  or  of  any  explosive  manufacturing  plant,  and 
any  person  wilfully  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined  not  exceeding  one 
thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  wilfully  carry  any  explosive  on  his  person 
within  this  state  in  any  car,  vessel  or  vehicle  that  carries  passengers 
for  hire,  or  place  or  carry  any  explosive  while  on  board  any  such  car, 
vessel  or  vehicle,  in  any  hand  baggage,  roll  or  container,  or  place  any 
explosive  in  any  baggage  thereafter  checked  with  any  common  carrier 
and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished 
by  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary  not  exceeding  two  years. 

Sec.  15.  Nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  prevent  the  operation  of. 
or  modify,  alter,  set  aside  or  supersede  the  provisions  of  any  municipal 
ordinance  respecting  the  delivery,  storing  and  handling  of  explosives. 

Sec.  16.  Nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  regulate  or  apply  to  any 
shipment  of  explosives  from  a  point  within  this  state,  consigned  to  a 
point  without  this  state,  over  a  line  or  lines  of  one  or  more  common 
carriers. 


HOURS  OF  EMPLOYMENT. 


CHAPTER  181. 

An  act  regulating  the  hovrs  of  employment  in  underground  mines  and 

in  smelting  and  reduction  works. 

[Approved   March   10,    1909.] 

Section  1.  That  the  period  of  employment  for  all  persons  who  are 
employed  or  engaged  in  work  in  underground  mines  in  search  of  min- 
erals, whether  base  or  precious,  or  who  are  engaged  in  such  under- 
ground mines  for  other  purposes,  or  who  are  employed  or  engaged  in 
other  underground  workings  whether  for  the  purpose  of  tunneling, 
making  excavations  or  to  accomplish  any  other  purpose  or  design,  or 
who  are  employed  in  smelters  and  other  institutions  for  the  reduction 
or  refining  of  ores  or  metals,  shall  not  exceed  eight  hours  within  any 
twenty-four  hours,  and  the  hours  of  employment  in  such  employment 


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or  work  day  shall  be  consecutive,  excluding,  however,  any  intermission 
of  time  for  lunch  or  meals ;  provided,  that  in  the  case  of  emergency 
where  life  or  property  is  in  imminent  danger,  the  period  may  be  a 
longer  time  during  the  continuance  of  the  exigency  or  emergency. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  act,  and 
any  person  who  as  foreman,  manager,  director  or  officers  of  a  corpora- 
tion, or  as  the  employer  or  superior  officer  of  any  person,  shall  com- 
mand, persuade  or  allow  any  person  to  violate  an.v  provision  of  this 
act,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  (.$.50.00)  nor  more  than 
three  hundred  dollars  (.fSOO.OO),  or  by  imprisonment  of  not  more  than 
three  months.  And  the  court  shall  have  discretion  to  impose  both  fine 
and  imprisonment  as  herein  provided. 

Sec.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed. 


CORPORATION     AND     MINING     LAWS. 


ACT  ESTABLISHING  A  UNIFORM  SYSTEM  OF  MINE  BELL  SIGNALS. 


CHAPTER    LXXIV. 

.■In  act  to  establish  a  uniform  syvtcin  of  mine  hell  signals,  to  he  used 
in  all  the  mines  operated  in  the  Htnte  of  California,  and  for  the 
protection  of  miners. 

Section  1.  Every  person,  company,  cori'oration,  or  individual, 
operating  any  mine  witliin  the  State  of  California — gold,  silver,  copper, 
lead,  coal,  or  any  other  metal  or  substance — where  it  is  necessary  to 
use  signals  by  means  of  bell  or  otherwise,  for  shafts,  inclines,  drifts, 
crosscuts,  tunnels,  and  underground  workings,  shall,  after  the  passage 
of  this  bill,  adopt,  use,  and  put  in  force  the  following  system  or  code 
of  mine  bell  signals,  as  follows  : 

1   bell,  to  hoist.      (See  Rule  2.) 

1  bell,   to   stop   if   in   motion. 

2  bells,  to  lo\Tier.     (See  Rule  2.^ 

3  bells,  man  to  be  hoisted;  run  slow.     (See  Rule  2.) 

4  bells,  start  pump  if  not  running,  or  stop  pump  if  running. 
1  —  3  bells,  start  or  stop  air  compressor. 

5  bells,  send  down  tools.     (See  Rule  4.) 

G  bells,  send  down  timbers.     (See  Rule  4.) 

7  bells,  accident ;  move  bucket  or  cage  by  verbal  orders  only. 

1  —  4  bells,  foreman  wanted. 

2  —  1  —  1  bells,  done  hoisting  until  called. 
2  —  1  —  2  bells,  done  hoisting  for  the  day. 

2  —  2  —  2  bells,  change  buckets  from  ore  to  water,  or  vice  versa. 

3  —  2  —  1  bells,  ready  to  shoot  in  the  shaft.     (See  Rule  3.) 
Engineer's  signal,  that  he  is  ready  to  hoist,  is  to  raise  the  bucket  or 

cage  two  feet  and  lower  it  again.      (See  Rule  3. "( 

Levels  shall  be  designated  and  inserted  in  notice  hereinafter  men- 
tioned.    (See  Rule  5.) 

Sec.  2.  For  the  purpose  of  enforcing  and  properly  understanding 
the  above  code  of  signals,  the  following  rules  are  hereby  established : 

Rule  1 — In  giving  signals  make  strokes  on  bell  at  regular  intervals. 
The  bar  ( — )  must  take  the  same  time  as  for  one  stroke  of  the  bell, 
and  no  more.  If  timber,  tools,  the  foreman,  bucket  or  cage  are  wanted 
to  stop  at  any  level  in  the  mine,  signal  by  number  of  strokes  on  the 


bell,  number  of  the  level  first  before  giving  the  signal  for  timber,  tools, 
etc.    Time  between  signals  to  be  double  bars  ( ).    Examples: 

G .5  would  mean  stop  at  sixth  level  with  tools. 

4 1  —  1  —  1 1,  would  mean  to  stop  at  fourth  level,  man 

on,  hoist. 

2 1  —  4  would  mean  stop  at  second  level  with  foreman. 

Rule  2 — No  person,  must  get  off  or  on  the  bucket  or  cage  while  the 
same  is  in  motion.  When  men  are  to  be  hoisted  give  the  signal  for 
men.  Alen*  must  then  get  on  bucket  or  cage,  then  give  the  signal  to 
hoist.  Bell  cord  must  be  in  reach  of  man  on  the  bucket  or  cage  at 
stations. 

Rxile  3 — After  signal  "Ready  to  shoot  in  shaft,"  engineer  must  give 
his  signal  when  he  is  ready  to  hoist.  Miners  must  then  give  the  signal 
of  "Men  to  be  hoisted,"  then  "spit  fuse,"  get  into  the  bucket,  and  give 
the  signal  to  hoist. 

Rule  4 — AH  timbers,  tools,  etc.,  "longer  than  the  depth  of  the 
bucket,"  to  be  hoisted  or  lowered,  must  be  securely  lashed  at  the  upper 
end  to  the  cable.  Miners  must  know  they  will  ride  up  or  down  the 
shaft  without  catching  on  rocks  or  timbers  and  be  thrown  out. 

Rule  5 — The  foreman  will  see  that  one  printed  sheet  of  these  signals 
and  rules  for  each  level  and  one  for  the  engine-room  are  attached  to  a 
board  not  less  than  twelve  inches  wide  by  thirty-six  inches  long,  and 
securely  fasten  the  board  up  where  signals  can  be  ea-sily  read  at  the 
places  above  stated. 

Rule  6 — The  above  signals  and  rules  must  be  obeyed.  Any  violation 
will  be  sufficient  grounds  for  discharging  the  party  or  parties  so  doing. 
No  person,  company,  corporation,  or  individuals  operating  any  mine 
within  the  State  of  California,  shall  be  responsible  for  accidents  that 
may  happen  to  men  di.sobeying  the  above  rules  and  signals.  Said 
notice  and  rules  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  or  superintendent  having 
charge  of  the  mine,  who  shall  designate  the  name  of  the  corporation 
or  the  owner  of  the  mine. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  or  company  failing  to  carry  out  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  shall  be  responsible  for  all  damages  arising  to  or 
incurred  by  any  person  working  in  said  mine  during  the  time  of  such 
failure. 

Sec.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


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ASSESSED    VALUATION,    AREA,    AND   POPULATION    OF    CALIFORNIA. 


•Grand  Total 

Value  of  All 

Property  in  1910. 

Alameda  County .?200.2(16.102 

Alpine  County 500.1SO 

Amador  County 5,874.335 

Butte  County 22.832,012 

Calaveras  County C.540,979 

Colusa  County 13,373,.570 

Contra  Costa  County 3.5,399.378 

Del  Norte  County 4.363,000 

El  Dorado  County 6,128,658 

Fresno   County   65.264.422 

Glenn  County   14.087,.544 

Humboldt  County 29,149,177 

Imperial  County 12.148.180 

Inyo  County 4.907.480 

Kern  County 52.350..546 

Kings  County 1.3,160,002 

Lake  County 3,040,189 

Lassen  County 7,272.217 

Los  Angeles  County .531,400,5.59 

Madera  County 10,622,880 

Marin  County 19.709,273 

Mariposa  County 2,491,892 

Mendocino  County 15,093,780 

Merced  County 20,893.796 

Modoc  County 6.136.543 

Mono  County 1.349.690 

Monterey  County 28.3.52.8.56 

Napa  County 16,688.324 

Nevada  County 8,063,262 

Orange  County 30,597,5.32 


Area 

Popu- 

in Square 

lation 

Miles. 

1910. 

840 

240.131 

575 

309 

568 

9,OSl5 

1,704 

27..301 

990 

9.171 

1,080 

7.732 

750 

31.074 

1,.540 

2.417 

1,891 

7.492 

5.940 

75,057 

1.400 

7,172 

3.507 

33,857 

4.140 

13..591 

10.224 

6.974 

8.159 

37.715 

1.257 

16.230 

1,332 

5.526 

4,750 

4.802 

3.957 

504.131 

2,140 

8,368 

516 

25,114 

1.580 

3.956 

3,400 

23.929 

1,750 

15,148 

4,097 

6,191 

1,796 

2.042 

3.450 

24.146 

800 

19,800 

958 

14.955 

780 

34.430 

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•Grand  Total 

Value  of  All 

Property  in  1910. 

Plticer  County 1.3.27.5.928 

Plumas  County 6,777,118 

Riverside  County 26,925.831 

Sacramento  County 61.646.032 

San  Benito  County 7,879,2.50 

San   Bernardino   County 49.89.5,897 

San  Diego  County 44,195,174 

San  Francisco  County .51.5,420,089 

San  Joaquin  County 46,.589,111 

San  Luis  Obispo  County 18,285,413 

San  Mateo  County 27,573,081 

Santa  Barbara  County 31,185,290 

Santa  Clara  County 73,144,102 

Santa  Cruz  County 17.817.571 

Shasta  County 10.072.141 

Sierra  County 2.429.947 

Siskiyou  County 17.292,449 

Solano  County 22,822,851 

Sonoma  County 36,822,794 

Stanislaus  County   24,078.057 

Sutter  County 8.163.960 

Tehama  County 13,897,891 

Trinity  County 2,884.258 

Tulare  County 37,44.5,140 

Tuolumne  County 8,485,327 

Ventura  County 25,516,650 

Yolo  County 20.338.955 

Tuba  County 7.821,519 

Totals .$2,373,897,092 


Popu- 
lation 

1910. 

18.237 

5.259 
.^.096 
67.806 

8.041 
56.700 
61.665 
416,912 
50,731 
19583 
26,585 
27,738 
83,539 
20,140 
18,920 

4.098 
18,801 
27.559 
48..304 
22.522 

6.328 
11.401 

3.301 
35.440 

9.979 
18.347 
13.920 
10,042 


Miles. 
1.4.84 
2.301 
7.008 
1,007 
1,476 
20,055 
4,377 
42 
1.370 
3..500 

470 
2.450 
1,.355 

425 
4.050 

910 
6.078 

911 
1.540 
1.486 

611 
3,200 
3,276 
4,935 
2,292 
1,850 
1,017 

625 

158.297     2.377..>49 


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The  County  Maps. 

The  county  maps  in 
this  pamphlet  show 
all  towns,  post  offices, 
railroads,  stage  lines 
carrying  passengers, 
mail  and  express,  and 
distances  between 
points,  forming  a  use- 
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especially  to  all  who 
wish  to  leave  the  rail- 
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also  show  all  post 
routes.  These  maps 
have  been  brought  up 
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must  not  be  repro- 
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CALIFORNIA   STATE  MINING   BUREAU. 

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;blicatlons  of  this  Bureau  will  be  sent  on  receipt  of  the  requisite  amount  and  postage.    Only  stamps,  coin  or  money  orders  will  ba  accepted  In  pay- 
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SALE  CF  MINING   BUREAU   PUBLICATIO 


Mining  Bureau  A^ 


XIII- 

n  No.    6 — "Gold   Mill   Practices  In  California"   (3d  ed.) 

"Mine    Drainage,    Pumps,    Etc."    (bound) 

n  No.  15 — "Map  of  Oil  City  Oil  Fields,  Fresno  County,  Call- 


'%Tch  10,  1903,  your  atteuuon  Is  respe 


Ued  to 


portion  of  the  amend- 


02 


Vder  Section  8,  amendmen 

I'whlch  states; 

'he  Board  (Board  of  Trust  is  hereby  empowered  to  fl.v  :pcii,  and  to  dispose  of  to  the  public,  at  suon  prices,  any  and  all  publications  of 

jreau,  including  reports,  buiietii    .  maps,  registers,  etc.     The  sum  derived   from   such   disposition   must   be   accounted   for   and  used   as  a  revolving 

Ig  and  publishing  fund  for  other  leports,  bulletins,  maps,  registers,  etc.     The  prices  fixed  must  approximate  the  actual  cost  of  printing  and  Issuing  the 

•live  reports,  bulletins,  maps,  regi  ters,  etc.,  without  reference  to  the  cost  of  obtaining  and  preparing  the  information  embraced  therein." 

1892,    First    Biennial $1.00         $0.15        Register  of  Mines,  with   Map,  Santa   Barbara  County $0.25         $0.08 

1896,    Third    Biennial 1.00             .20        Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Shasta  County .25             .08 

4        Register  of  Mines,  with   Map,  Sierra  County .25             .08 

8        Register  of  Mines,  with   Map,  Siskiyou  County .25             .08 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Trinity  County .25             .08 

2        Reigster  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Tuolumne  County .25             .08 

2        Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Yuba  County .25             .08 

4  Register  of  Oil  Wells,  with   Map,  Los  Angeles  CIt            .35             .02 

2  Map  of  El  Dorado  County  Showing  Boundaries  National  Forests  .20 

8        Map  of  Madera  County  Showing   Boundaries  National  Forests .20 

8        Map  of  Placer  County  Showing  Boundaries  National  Forests .20 

Map  of  Shasta  County  Showing  Boundaries  National  Forests .20 

3  Map  of  Sierra  County  Showing  Boundaries  National  Forests .20 

Map  of  Siskiyou  County  Showing  Boundaries  National  Forests-  .20 

0        Map  of  Trinity  County  Showing   Boundaries  Nat,   nal  Forests .45 

2       Map  of  Tuolumne  County  Showing  Boundaries  National  Forests  .20 

6        Map  of   Mother   Lode .05 

D        Map  of  Desert  Region  of  California .10 

Map  Showing  Copper  Deposits  In  California .05 

5  Map  of  Calaveras  County .25 

Map  of  Placer  County .25 

0        Map  of  Plumas  County .25 

2        Map  of  San    Bernardino  County .25 

>       Mineral  and  Relief  Map  of  California .25 

Map  of  Forest  Reserves  in  California  (mounted) .50 

5        Map  of  Forest  Reserves  in  California  (unmounted) .30 

2        Map  of  Minaret  District,  Madera  County .20 

2  Map  of  California  showing  Mineral   Deposits 1.50 

B        Map  of  Santa   Barbara  County  Oil  Fields .40 

3  Map  of  the  Santa  Maria,  Cat  Canyon  and  Lompoc  Oil  Field 50 

8        Map  of  the  Ventura-Newhall  Oil   Field 1.30 

8        Map   of   Whittier-Olinda   Oil    Field .40 

8       California    Oil    Field    Map,   Sheet   1,    showing    I Angeles  and 

3                  "   1      a  Comties    etc                             -       .33 


ornia" 

n  No.  23 — "Copper  Resouri 
No.  27 — "Quicksilver  Re: 
n  No.  31 — "Chemical  Anaij 
n  No.  32 — "Production  and 
in  No.  36 — "Gold  Dredging 
n  No.  37 — "Gems   and   Jew 

2d    ed.)    

n  No.  38 — "Structural    and 

ornia"     

n  No.  45 — "Auriferous  Bla 
n  No.  46 — "Index  of  Minin 
n  No.  50 — "Copper  Resour 
n  No.  57 — "Gold     Dredging 

bound)     

n  No.  57 — "Gold    Dredging 

loth    bound)    

fi  No.  58 — "Mineral  Produ^ 
T  No.  59 — "Mineral  Produc 
n  No.  60 — "Minerals   of    C 


Mine  Bell  Signals  (ca 
nia  Mine  Bell  Signals  (pa 
ir  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Ar 
r  of  Mines,  with  Map,  B 
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ir  of  Mines,  with  Map,  In; 
jr  of  Mines,  with  Map,  K 
:r  of  Mines,  with  Map,  La 
!r  of  Mines,  with  Ma 


of   California" .50 

"ces   of   California"   (2d  ed.)     .75 

*  California   Petroleum" 

F   California   Petroleum"     .75 

Drnia"    (3d  ed.) .50 

i>,aterials   of   California" 

.50 

ustrial    Materials   of   Call- 

.75 

Ids  of  California" .10 

■au   Publications" .30 

California"   (revised  ed.)   1.00 
.lifornja"     (revised    ed., 

1.50 

alifornia"    (revised    ed., 

2.00 

of    California,"    1909 ._ 

■>f  California  for  23  Years"     

la.    Mining    Laws,    Maps, 


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p  of  Mines,  with  Map.  Nevada  County__  

r  of  Mines,  with  Map,  San  Diego  County .25 

nples  (limited  to  three  at  one  time)  of  any  mineral  found  in  the  State  may  be  sent  to  the  ijureau  for  identiflcanon,  and  the  same  will  be  classified 

charge.     No  samples  will  be  determined  if  received  from  points  outside  the  State.     It  must  be  understood  that  No  Assays,  or  Quantitative  Determl- 
1  will  be  Made.     Samples  should  be  in  a  lump  form  if  possible,  and  marked  plainly  with  name  of  sender  outside  of  package,  post  office  address,  etc. 
ipies  will  be  received  unless  charges  are  prepaid.     A  letter  should  accompany  sample  and  a  stamp  should  be  enclosed  for  reply, 
dress  all  Samples  and  communications  regarding  samples  to  Laboratory,  State  Mining  Bureau. 

LEWIS  E.  AUBURY,  State  Mineralogist. 


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